A fresh idea brings healthy food to low-income neighborhoods. (more)

Wal-Mart stores in Arizona now stock Grand Canyon sweet onions while aisles in New York display state-grown eggplant. (more)

In an aggressive move to boost profitability, Starbucks announced plans to close some 600 under-performing stores in the U.S. over the course of its fiscal 2008 and 2009. (more)

McDonald's creates Asian-inspired versions of food as part of Olympics blitz. (more)

Pitching an aggressive fastball in an effort to hit a home run, Dunkin' Donuts has launched a marketing campaign licensed by MLB.com. (more)

Economists are already predicting a lump of coal. (more)

The familiar logo of the world's largest retailer is getting a makeover. (more)

Giant Food managed to hang on to its position as the Baltimore area's largest grocery chain. (more)

Ralphs supermarket chain lowers prices, clips coupon savings. (more)

China's Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to flog its wares. (more)

Washington Mutual Inc., burned by subprime mortgage losses, has been issuing credit cards to borrowers with blemished credit records as it tries to rebound. (more)

The next time you go shopping, the cameras in the ceiling may be watching for a lot more than shoplifters. (more)

The producers of today's hottest fashions are the consumers themselves, thanks to new trends in internet clothing retail that allow for user developed clothing. (more)

H&M to release dress designed by Sims 2 gamer. (more)

Project Ferrari is what it's called around the Starbucks Center in Seattle. For the past several months, behind locked doors on the sealed-off seventh floor of corporate headquarters, they've worked on it. (more)

Raw milk: Ban it? Or drink it up? (more)

Candy is a sweet spot in sour economy. (more)

Owners Don and Jin Sook Chang know what sells quickly, and they want to sell it to the world. (more)

Spartan milk bars have made a comeback in Poland for people nostalgic for the taste of the bad old days of communism. (more)

Walgreens is getting more aggressive about marketing its prescription savings club card in a tough economy with cut-throat competition for cheap generics. (more)

The company that invented the coffee experience is fighting to restore its lifestyle brand status. (more)

Canadian teen speeds degradation process for plastic bags. (more)

In weak economy, forgoing $4 lattes for home brews. (more)

Japan's 24-hour convenience stores, already struggling with lagging sales and growth, may soon face yet another threat -- moves to limit business hours and close the stores late at night. (more)

More consumers, workers shoplift as economy slows. (more)

Wilbur Hardee founded the Hardee's restaurant chain in 1960, but he didn't stop there. (more)