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Mar 2025
29m 34s

Now Serving: IPOs, Exits, Extra Cheese

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A fresh IPO, outgoing CEO, and Domino’s finally joining the field on stuffed-crust pizza. (00:21) Bill Barker and Dylan Lewis discuss: - Mixue’s splashy debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange, and how the boba tea chain stacks up to Starbucks and McDonald’s. - Rodney McMullen’s departure from Kroger and what’s next for the nation’s largest grocery chain. ... Show More
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