Sarah Whitten is a writer for CNBC.com covering restaurants, food, retail, social media, technology, and entertainment.
Prior to CNBC, Whitten held internships with Showtime and Roanoke College programs including The Lutheran Writers Project and The Roanoke Review.
Whitten earned a bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing from Roanoke College where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the student-run newspaper, The Brackety-Ack.
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It's been a challenging year for Papa John's. Public scandals surrounding its founder and a massive decline in same-store sales have pressured the company into making major changes to its marketing strategy and rethink how to lure customers back.
A free cheesecake promotion celebrating Cheesecake Factory's 40th anniversary turns ugly as orders and DoorDash delivery drivers flood restaurants.
Pizza Hut, owned by Yum Brands, has struggled to stage a comeback despite an NFL partnership and a $130 million investment.
Pizza Hut has agreed to acquire QuikOrder, an online ordering software and service provider for restaurants, in a move to access more data about its customers.
Dunkin' said that it had not experienced a data security breach, but that third parties had obtained usernames and passwords from other companies' data breaches and used that information to log onto some customers' Perks accounts.
The first holidays without Toys R Us is going to look very different for parents. While department stores, grocery chains and even drug stores are picking up the slack this holiday season, they may not have stocked enough inventory to meet demand.
Amazon will end 2018 capturing about 48 percent of U.S. e-commerce sales, or $252 billion, compared with 43.1 percent in 2017, according to a study by eMarketer.
While sales throughout the year are important, some retailers rely more heavily on sales during the holiday season.
Grocery giant Kroger announced Monday that Monroe, Ohio, a suburb outside of Cincinnati will be the home of its first Ocado customer fulfillment center.
Dunkin' executives are hoping the combination of good flavor, cheap prices and fast service will be enough to lure — not only existing customers to try its espresso — but customers at other cafes.
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