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CAVA is crushing, Luckin Coffee is officially stateside, and ‘uncertainty’ is the word of the year
On this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso talk about the trend of international brands growing into the U.S., which included the first U.S. opening of Luckin Coffee last week (the Chinese coffee chain has 23,000 locations globally). Will Luckin, tea concept Chagee, and other international brands like Jollibee find success with U.S. consumers even as domestic brands struggle? Then they discuss two significant earnings reports from the week: CAVA, which continues to defy the odds with a 10.8% sales increase, and Jack in the Box, which joined…
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