This chapter explores how businesses adapt to shifting consumer trends and economic cycles, highlighting the impacts of the Great Recession and COVID-19. It emphasizes the significance of understanding financial strategies, especially the 'use of proceeds' in a company's prospectus, and discusses evolving views on capital raising in a high interest rate environment.
Eaters and investors are both happy to see the $5 value meal on the menu.
(00:21) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss:
- 2024’s largest IPO – cold storage company Lineage – and whether the REIT is worth watching for investors.
- McDonald’s Q2 earnings, the chain’s pivot to value-oriented menu items, and why the outlook for pinched consumers likely won’t get better any time soon.
(17:44) CEO of Pacific Gas and Electric, Patti Poppe joins Ricky Mulvey to discuss PG&E’s turnaround and how her company is serving the growing electricity demand from data centers.
Companies discussed: LINE, COLD, MCD, PCG
Host: Dylan Lewis
Guests: Asit Sharma, Ricky Mulvey, Patti Poppe
Producer: Mary Long, Ricky Mulvey
Engineers: Dan Boyd
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