Saudi Arabia Turns Off the U.S. Oil Tap

At last, Saudi Arabia seems to be doing what it takes to reduce the world's most visible oil glut: the one in the U.S. Unfortunately, its renewed vigor comes as OPEC's deal to reduce excess crude stockpiles starts to show signs of unraveling elsewhere, a subject that will be wrestled with by the group's oil ministers as they and other producer nations meet in St Petersburg on Monday.  Weekly U.S. crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia have fallen sharply since early June Data published last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration show that imports from Saudi Arabia in the week to July 14 fell to their lowest for seven years: just 524,000 barrels a day. For sure, one week's number doesn't

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  Oil prices rally to session highs after Saudis pledge to cut exports

  Investing.com
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  Oil steady after fall ahead of OPEC/non-OPEC meeting

  Reuters

First look: Buffalo Wild Wings small-format store (slideshow)

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. is opening its first small-format restaurant, B-Dubs Express, in Edina on Monday. The Golden Valley-based company's Edina mini-restaurant is located at 7529 France Ave. S. It will open another location in Hopkins at 525 Blake Road N. on Aug. 7. The restaurants will fill former PizzaRev restaurant sites (part of Buffalo Wild Wings' short partnership with the pizzeria concept). Each location is 2,500 square feet with seats for up to 50 people. Buffalo Wild Wings announced plans for the small-format stores early this year. Executives described them as a way to reach more customers in markets where it already has some full-size locations. Diners used to a standard Buffalo

Branding Expert: Chipotle Should Change Its Name To Improve Image

A new foodborne illness scandal requires a total re-brand at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) , according to one branding expert. Shares of Chipotle dropped 3.3% to $344.45 by Friday's close, hitting new 2017 lows, as Chipotle grappled with twin PR crises. Public health officials confirmed that a customer at a Chipotle location in Sterling, Va. is ill with norovirus, while data from food poisoning crowdsourcing website iwaspoisoned.com indicates that over 100 customers at that location also fell ill. The same week, customers complained that a Dallas location had rats "falling from the ceiling." "The event that occurred at this restaurant is consistent with Norovirus which can be introduced by

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  Rats and Norovirus Sends Chipotle's Brand Image Plummeting: New Study

  The Street
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  A Mischief of Rats Fell from a Chipotle Ceiling

  Esquire