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While soda companies are always chasing new ways to repackage and reinvent their bestselling products, they have to be very careful when it comes to changing the flavor of consumer favorites.There’s no better example of how violently people react to these changes than the famous New Coke debacle of 1985. Coca-Cola sales were drooping in the mid-80s due to competition from Pepsi, so the company decided it needed a new approach and released New Coke, which was advertised as sweeter. But the change rattled consumers, and Coca-Cola fielded more than 40,000 angry calls and letters. Seventy-nine days after the launch, the company announced that the original Coke would return as Coca-Cola Classic.New Coke acted as a cautionary tale for soda manufacturers. In the case of Coca-Cola, many people had deep emotions about the soda, considering it a part of their regional identity. Despite performing well in taste tests, New Coke had a much higher hurdle to jump than just flavor.Now another major soda maker has announced a major change to its most classic formula, and we can’t help but think it feels familiar — and maybe even similarly doomed.Keurig Dr Pepper is changing 7UPKeurig Dr Pepper, the company that owns 7UP, recently shared that it would reformulate the classic soda to make the lime flavor more forward.“This is a bold reinvention of one of America’s most iconic soda brands for a new generation of consumers — starting with the flavor itself,” Drew Panayiotou, Keurig Dr Pepper chief marketing and innovation officer, said in a statement. “We are transforming a beloved heritage brand into a modern disruptor — delivering a sharper visual identity, a more refreshing taste experience, and a distinct position that attracts new users and deepens brand loyalty.”Related: Study reveals alarming problem linked to drinking Diet Coke dailyThe appearance of the cans will also change to signify the new formula, with a more modern-looking version of the classic 7UP font and “Lime Lemon” written above the logo. The drink will also be the first lime-forward soda in the category.The move is intended to accomplish two things. First, Keurig Dr Pepper wants to differentiate 7UP from competitors Sprite and Starry. Second, the company is trying to appeal to the Gen Z and Gen Alpha palate. Based on the company’s internal beverage trend report cited in the 7UP announcement, 72% of both generations prefer citrus-forward flavors. The lemon-lime beverage category generates $5 billion in revenue in the United States, Circana confirmed, according to CNN.Keurig Dr Pepper is not the first to try rebranding a lemon-lime soda. Pepsi did the same with Sierra Mist in 2023, changing it to Starry after sales of Sierra Mist showed a major decline, Marketing Dive reported. The rebrand has helped it sell better, although Coca-Cola’s Sprite still rules the lemon -lime category.

Keurig Dr Pepper, the company that owns 7UP, will reformulate the classic soda to make the lime flavor more forward.RiverNorthPhotography / Getty Images

Why the 7UP rebrand is a big gambleWhile Coca-Cola is arguably the highest-profile soda brand and one with which many Americans feel a patriotic bond, 7UP is no slouch in the category. Founded in 1929 by Charles Leiper Grigg, the lemon-lime soda was the first of its kind, predating Sprite by several decades. Many people have fond memories of it and have drunk it for most of their lives, presenting a similar issue to what New Coke faced.On the other hand, Keurig Dr Pepper has seen success in reinventing other historic brands, such as RC Cola, which was created in 1905. The company leaned into a nostalgia play with the soda, retaining the original packaging and launching an advertising campaign — its first in 40 years — to promote it. It also used the tagline, “Not a soft drink. Just a damn good cola,” Food Dive noted.“The biggest risk you have with brands is stagnation and not wanting to evolve,” Panayiotou told CNN in an interview. “If you stay stagnant, that’s when you start losing momentum and sales decline.”Related: Coca-Cola keeps beating its rivals, and Wall Street noticed

For 49 years, O’Brien’s Market served shoppers in California’s Central Valley, building a family-owned grocery business known for fresh food, specialty departments, and neighborhood stores.Now, the grocer is exiting the market entirely.O’Brien’s Market is permanently closing one of its final two Modesto stores and trying to sell the other, according to two California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings reviewed by TheStreet.The closures could affect as many as 117 workers and bring O’Brien’s nearly five-decade run to an end.The company said the decision comes as founder Chuck O’Brien retires, but it also pointed to broader challenges facing its business. O’Brien’s said it never fully recovered from some of the changes brought on by the Covid pandemic and that the current business climate forced it to make difficult decisions.Its departure comes amid a broader reshuffling of California’s grocery landscape.A review by TheStreet of California employment records, company announcements, government records, and previously reported closures identified at least 49 grocery locations in California that have announced or carried out closures so far in 2026, affecting or potentially affecting more than 4,600 workers.O’Brien’s Market closes final California storesO’Brien’s expects its store at 4120 Dale Road in Modesto to close to the public on or around Sept. 20, according to the WARN notice.Employees are expected to continue working through the wind-down before their employment ends around Sept. 27.More Retail:Dollar General copies Costco’s playbook with a discount twistPepsi and Coca-Cola bet big on soda Americans say they wantIconic supermarket chain closes more stores and facilitiesThe company described the shutdown as permanent and said the entire location will close, affecting approximately all 67 employees. The workers are not represented by a union and do not have bumping rights.The layoffs stretch across nearly every part of the supermarket. The largest groups include 16 deli clerks, 10 service clerks, and 8 checkers. The closure will also affect assistant managers, baristas, butchers, meat clerks, produce employees, and other workers.O’Brien’s is also seeking a buyer for its other store at 839 W. Roseburg Avenue in Modesto.The company said it was actively pursuing a potential sale but had not reached a final agreement when it submitted its WARN notice.If a transaction is not completed, O’Brien’s expects the Roseburg store to also permanently close to the public around Sept. 26, with employees continuing through the wind-down until approximately Sept. 27.Another 50 workers could be affected.However, if the store is sold and the purchaser offers employees continued employment without interruption, they may avoid losing their jobs.

O’Brien’s Market announces store closures as it exits the California market.d3sign / Getty Images

O’Brien exits after 49 years as California grocery market shiftsO’Brien’s departure ends a grocery business that has served the Central Valley for nearly half a century.In a message to customers titled “Chuck’s Retirement,” O’Brien’s thanked its community, employees, and customers for supporting the business for 49 years and said the time had come to retire.The company said the grocery industry changed substantially during those decades, with some changes within, and others beyond, its control.The retailer specifically pointed to the Covid pandemic, saying it forced unprecedented changes across the industry.While the company said it successfully kept employees safe, fed the community, and cared for customers, it acknowledged that in other ways, it never fully recovered.“The current business climate has forced us to make some tough decisions,” O’Brien’s said, calling the decision to close both of its markets the most difficult one.The company is holding a retirement sale and said it would continue restocking fresh groceries while winding down operations.O’Brien’s exit follows a gradual reduction in its footprint. The grocer previously operated a Riverbank location, which it sold to Cost Less Food Company in 2024. That left its two Modesto stores, at Dale Road and Roseburg Avenue, as its remaining locations.The latest closure announcement also drew an emotional reaction from customers on O’Brien’s Facebook page.Commenters described the stores as neighborhood staples, praised its employees, and recalled traditions including wine tastings, deli sandwiches, and community involvement. One commenter expressed hope that O’Brien’s would succeed in selling the Roseburg Avenue location so employees there could continue working.The reactions underscore the impact that the disappearance of a neighborhood grocer can have beyond the loss of another retail storefront.At least 49 California grocery stores have announced closures in 2026O’Brien’s exit comes during a particularly active period of grocery-store restructuring across California.TheStreet reviewed California Employment Development Department WARN filings, company announcements, local government records, and previously reported closures.As a result, it identified at least 49 grocery locations in the state that have closed or announced plans to close so far in 2026. A 50th location, O’Brien’s Roseburg Avenue store, could close if the company is unable to complete a sale.Those closures have affected or will potentially affect more than 4,600 workers.The tally is not a comprehensive count of every California grocery closure. Not every shutdown triggers a WARN filing, and the state does not publish a separate running total of supermarket closures. TheStreet supplemented state records with company announcements, official records, and verified local reporting.The total is also heavily influenced by Amazon’s decision to discontinue its physical Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go formats. California WARN filings tied to that move cover 22 locations and 3,855 workers.The company said it was closing its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go physical stores after determining it had not created a sufficiently distinctive customer experience or an economic model capable of scaling the formats.Instead, Amazon is increasing its investment in Whole Foods Market and grocery delivery. The company also said some former Amazon Fresh and Go locations would be converted into Whole Foods Market stores.Outside Amazon, TheStreet’s review identified California closures involving grocery operators, including Albertsons, Vons, Foods Co., Food 4 Less, Raley’s, Grocery Outlet, Lucky Supermarkets, New Leaf Community Markets, and O’Brien’s.Kroger-owned Foods Co. and Food 4 Less have closed California locations as Kroger works through a broader plan to eliminate underperforming stores.Lucky Supermarkets attributed the decisions to prolonged performance issues rather than a broader withdrawal from California, TheStreet reported.Albertsons-owned banners, including Vons, also continue to trim their California footprints as the supermarket operator evaluates individual stores.The reasons behind the closures vary considerably.Amazon is replacing one physical grocery strategy with greater investment in Whole Foods and delivery. In contrast, Kroger and other chains are targeting underperforming stores, and other regional operators have reduced their footprints without abandoning California.However, O’Brien’s Market is officially retiring from California after 49 years.California grocery closures recently covered by TheStreetThe closures identified by TheStreet span national chains, regional grocers, and family-owned operators. The list below is based on California WARN filings, company announcements, official records, and verified local reporting.Operator / BannerCalifornia locationsStatusAmazon Fresh / Go22ClosedGrocery Outlet9ClosedAlbertsons / Vons / Safeway5Closed or announcedRaley’s / Nob Hill Foods4Closed or announcedFoods Co. / Food 4 Less3ClosedLucky Supermarkets2Closed or announcedSuper A Foods1ClosedBruno’s Shop Smart / C&K Market1ClosedNew Leaf Community Markets1AnnouncedO’Brien’s Market1Announced permanent closureO’Brien’s Market1Conditional on saleTotal: At least 49 definite closures or announced closures, with one additional O’Brien’s location potentially closing if a buyer is not found.Sources: TheStreet review of California Employment Development Department WARN records, company announcements, official records, and verified local reporting.Available WARN filings tied to the closures identified by TheStreet indicate that roughly 4,600 workers have been affected or potentially affected, while the actual total is likely higher because employee counts were not publicly available for several locations.Related: Popular fitness chain operator files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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For years, Amazon led the market by offering free two-day delivery to Prime members. That was a massive improvement over previous shipping standards, and it became table stakes for any retailer hoping to sell to a mass audience.As a shopper, two-day shipping generally worked for me, but once Uber Eats made ordering from Target, Publix, or other grocery stores a same-day possibility, I have occasionally taken advantage of that service.Yes, prices are higher than buying in-store. But if I’m working and need iced coffee, Gatorade, a box of ice cream sandwiches, and paper towels, and can get them without going farther than my front door, usually in less than an hour, well, I’m doing it.Amazon delivery times vary based on where you live. Before we moved, most items we ordered at our Port St. Lucie, Fla., home came the next day, sometimes with same-day as an option. At our new home, about an hour south, nearly every Amazon order takes the full two days.Now, Costco, which has never been known for fast delivery, has found a way to actually beat Amazon at the delivery game.Costco partners with InstacartCostco members get delivery from Instacart with the fees waived on orders over $35. And while the warehouse club does not promise one-hour delivery (it actually says “Costco favorites delivered in as fast as 1 hour” on the web page promoting the service), actual delivery times have been better than that.CEO Ron Vachris talked about the partnership during the chain’s third-quarter earnings call.”Average same-day delivery time in the U.S. is now less than 45 minutes, and the average member satisfaction rating is 4.8 out of 5. This part of our business is growing at an even faster rate than our digital business overall,” he said.Keeping members happy so they renew is a key part of Costco’s business model, and same-day delivery has helped with that.”[Delivery] is a strong driver of loyalty, as it is often our highest spending members who are using the service,” he added.Costco also gives Executive members, who pay $130 a year, or twice the cost of a basic Gold membership, a $10 monthly credit to use on Instacart orders over $150.Costco’s same-day delivery prices may be higher While Costco does not comment on pricing, Instacart notes that many of its partners do mark up items for delivery compared to in the store. “Earlier this year, Instacart announced that Schnuck Markets, Heritage Grocers Group, and home improvement chain Lowe’s switched to price parity. Walmart Canada lowered its markup, as did Costco on its same-day delivery websites for the U.S. and Canada,” Instacart shared in a report.Instacart also shared why that’s a good thing.“Grocery prices continue to be top of mind for consumers, and we know that working with retailers to offer their customers affordable prices is key to helping them drive faster growth and accelerate online grocery adoption. On our platform, retailers that price items at in-store parity consistently grow faster on average than those with markups,” the study showed. Costco used to acknowledge and explain the markup on its same-day delivery page, but the language has since been removed.”Costco’s item prices are marked up higher than your local warehouse; however, the item markup is reduced for Costco members. The order minimum is $35. This pays for the delivery service and to provide competitive pay to all shoppers working on the Instacart platform. Unlike a tip, which can only go to the shopper delivering your order, a markup allows Instacart to pay all shoppers (including those, for example, that also pick ordered items in the warehouse),” the warehouse club shared.There’s a reason Costco does not offer the exact same prices in store and via Instacart, according to GlobalData Managing Director Neil Saunders.“The rub is that shopping via third party apps does not give consumers access to the sharp Costco prices found in stores. Ranges can also be more limited, and you don’t get the full in-store experience with tasting and bargain hunting. For these reasons, these partnerships are incremental to, rather than a threat to, traditional memberships,” he told RetailWire. 

Costco partners with Instacart for same-day delivery.Instacart

Americans may not actually want faster deliveryWhile Costco members have responded well to the offer of same-day delivery, it’s more a bonus than something consumers are demanding. A 2024 McKinsey study showed that speed was not actually the top priority for most Americans when it comes to delivery. Shoppers might be willing to trade off slightly slower delivery speeds for more assurance that packages will arrive on time within the promised delivery window, the survey showed.”Ninety percent of consumers are willing to wait two or three days for deliveries —especially if it lets them avoid shipping costs, according to McKinsey. That same 90% “are likely to abandon shopping carts that feature high shipping costs for standard items.”Related: Kroger CEO takes a shot at Costco and Aldi

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SpaceXAI, the division of SpaceX formerly known as xAI, is launching an early beta version of Grok Bot, a new agent designed to move AI assistants beyond answering prompts and toward continuously executing work across the software employees already use.The central idea is straightforward: instead of opening an AI assistant whenever a task arises, users create persistent Bots with specific jobs, give them access to applications and websites, and delegate work much as they would to a teammate. Each Bot operates through its own computer environment, can continue working when the user’s laptop is closed, and can return when it needs approval or has finished the assignment.SpaceXAI says the system began as an internal prototype before spreading across the company, where teams created Bots for sales outbound, marketing campaigns, office operations, bug fixes and other work. The company is now turning that internally developed workflow into a product for external users.“Bots are AI teammates that do real work for you,” the company said in announcing the product. “They sign in to your tools, use them just like you do, and come back with finished work.”The company did not release benchmarks for Grok Bot’s performance on agentic tasks. And it arrives amid an increasingly crowded marketplace of first-party AI agents that attempt to reliably complete real, enterprise workflows by interfacing with a user’s other applications and devices.Anthropic introduced computer use for Claude in 2024, allowing models to inspect screens and operate interfaces through mouse and keyboard actions, and continued expanding with the launch of the developer focused Claude Code harness in early 2025 and the more non-technical, white collar focused Claude Cowork agent early this year. Meanwhile, OpenAI gave its Codex harness the ability to control other computer apps in April, launched agentic Workspace Agents that can also connect to third-party applications and use them autonomously, and recently debuted a new ChatGPT Work environment for longer, multi-step tasks and finished deliverables.Grok Bot seeks to join the party with its own management model for agents: persistent workers with responsibilities, memory, learned routines and the ability to hand work to one another.Pricing and availability: Grok Bot starts at $120 per seat per month for teams, $200 per month for individualsGrok Bot is available beginning today, August 11 in beta for SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra and Cursor Premium Teams subscribers (recall SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60 billion back in June). The product arrives for macOS, Windows, Linux and iOS, with Android listed as coming soon.According to its product page on xAI.com, Grok Bot is included with Cursor Ultra at $200 per month for individuals. The plan includes a computer for Grok Bot, access to users’ tools, scheduled routines, desktop and mobile operation, and extended AI-token limits.For organizations, Cursor Premium Teams costs $120 per seat per month and adds centralized billing and settings, a team marketplace for skills and plugins, shared usage analytics and SAML/OIDC single sign-on.Existing SuperGrok Heavy ($300 per month) subscribers also receive access. However, for organizations wishing to sign up today, SpaceXAI is directing them to a waitlist for future access. Those prices make Grok Bot a substantially different purchasing decision from a low-cost general AI subscription. The economic question for companies will be whether persistent Bots can replace enough manual work or conventional automation infrastructure to justify the per-user cost — and how usage limits affect total cost once agents begin running continuously.From prompting an AI to managing oneSpaceXAI describes Grok Bot as a team of “always-on agents.” Users can create multiple Bots, assign each a role and let them work simultaneously.The company provides examples including Sales Outbound, Talent Scout, Paid Media, Expense Manager, Product Performance, Bug Reproduction, Account Health and Chief of Staff. A sales Bot, for example, can research accounts, score prospective contacts, prepare email and LinkedIn outreach in the user’s voice, and assemble the results for human approval.Promotional materials show SpaceXAI using the system internally for substantially longer chains of work. One sales Bot can add call-transcript notes to a CRM and draft follow-up messages. An operations Bot can seat new hires and process invoices arriving through Gmail. An engineering Bot can reproduce a bug in the product interface, file a ticket and then hand the repair to a debugging Bot.The architecture could make Grok Bot particularly relevant for workflows that span systems that were never designed for AI automation.Rather than requiring every application to expose an API specifically for an agent, Grok Bot can sign into applications and websites and operate their interfaces. SpaceXAI says Bots have their own computers and can continue working 24/7.The company explicitly says this includes websites and applications that have “no clean API or MCP,” an important distinction for enterprises with legacy software, fragmented SaaS environments or internal systems that have never been instrumented for agent access. Instead of limiting automation to formally integrated services, Grok Bot is designed to work through the same software interfaces a human employee would use.The company says early users are already applying Bots to jobs including vendor negotiations, e-commerce customer support and continuously updating CRM systems.Another feature attempts to reduce the engineering required to automate repeatable business processes. Users can demonstrate a workflow while a Bot follows along. Grok Bot can then save the process as a routine and execute it later without requiring the user to reproduce every instruction.SpaceXAI says the Bot can also incorporate corrections into those learned routines, allowing the workflow to change as the user teaches it how a particular process should be handled.That potentially changes the deployment model from explicitly programming an automation to teaching an agent how an employee performs the job.The company is also claiming a more persistent form of behavioral memory than simply retaining a chat transcript. According to the launch announcement, Bots remember prior conversations, learn preferences such as a user’s writing voice and edge cases, and gradually learn when they should interrupt for approval versus continue independently. SpaceXAI says they can later resume dropped threads, nudge stalled handoffs and pick up work from earlier conversations.It further says Bots can become proactive over time, sometimes identifying work before the user explicitly asks for it. That is a more ambitious claim than conventional scheduled automation and will put additional pressure on permission controls and escalation rules if the system is deployed against production applications.Bots can delegate work to other BotsGrok Bot also supports multiple agents operating together.Users can place several Bots into the same thread, where the agents can pass work between one another. The company’s demonstration includes specialized Research, Communications, Chief of Staff and Travel Bots coordinating tasks.SpaceXAI says those Bots can independently message one another and share context within threads. Users can also put multiple Bots into a group conversation where they assign ownership, transfer work and coordinate among themselves, bringing the human back in primarily for judgment calls.Internally, the company says employees sometimes place a Chief of Staff Bot above specialist Bots responsible for functions such as inbox management, recruiting, expenses, operations and bug fixes. That makes the product’s orchestration model more explicit: the user does not necessarily have to serve as the routing layer between every specialized agent.Initial reactions are extremely positive Lenny Rachitsky, host of the popular vlog and podcast Lenny’s Podcast and author of newsletter Lenny Letter, received early access to Grok Bot and loved using it. As Rachitsy wrote on X : “I haven’t been this excited about a new AI product in a while. It’s like OpenClaw, but super easy, reliable, and less scary to use. I think this will be a huge new product line for Cursor/Grok/SpaceX.”Similarly Matt Shumer, an AI entrepreneur who said he tested Grok Bot for several weeks before launch, highlighted this orchestration as one of the product’s strongest features.“The best way I can describe it is an agent for everything, not just code,” Shumer wrote on X.In one test, Shumer said he created separate researcher and writer Bots, then created a Chief of Staff Bot and instructed it to coordinate the other two on a project. He expected the workflow to break down.“It worked out of the box,” he wrote.His main criticism involved model selection.Unlike systems where developers or advanced users explicitly select the underlying model, Shumer said Grok Bot automatically routes tasks to models on the backend.“You don’t choose a model for your Grok Bot,” he wrote. “It’s all done automatically on the backend.”Shumer said the model router “wasn’t great” during his testing, although he said he was subsequently told it had improved.SpaceXAI’s expanded announcement still does not identify which underlying models the router uses, nor does it document a mechanism for users to select, pin or switch to a particular xAI or third-party model. As a result, the model layer remains largely abstracted from users in the publicly supplied launch material.That abstraction represents an important tradeoff for enterprise deployments. Automatic routing can remove a significant configuration decision for ordinary employees, but advanced users may want explicit control over model cost, latency, reliability and behavior — particularly for repeatable production workflows.The agent market is moving toward longer-running workGrok Bot enters a market increasingly focused on agents that can do more than generate text or code.Anthropic’s computer-use capability established a mechanism for Claude models to interact with software through screenshots, cursor movements, clicks and typing. Its broader Claude product also connects with workplace services and remote MCP servers.OpenAI, meanwhile, now describes ChatGPT Work as an agent for “longer, multi-step work and finished deliverables,” while keeping Codex focused specifically on software development. OpenAI’s enterprise agent economics can also incorporate usage-based credits, making task complexity and token consumption part of deployment cost calculations.Grok Bot’s differentiation is therefore less about proving that AI can operate software than packaging computer use, persistence, workflow learning and multi-agent coordination into something resembling a workforce interface.SpaceXAI’s announcement sharpens that distinction by emphasizing completion rather than assistance. One company product employee, identified only as Roman, describes the difference as closing the gap between work that is nearly finished and work actually completed inside the destination application: “Grok Bot can finish the swing, because the work lands where a human would put it, in the actual tool.”That distinction will ultimately depend on reliability. A chatbot producing a bad answer creates a correction problem. An autonomous agent operating CRM records, support queues, vendor conversations or other production systems can create an operational problem.Grok Bot’s success will therefore depend not only on model intelligence, but also on permissions, predictable execution, escalation behavior, memory accuracy and how reliably agents recognize when human approval is necessary.That challenge becomes more significant if Bots act proactively, resume forgotten work and coordinate with one another without the user serving as an intermediary. Those capabilities reduce the amount of supervision required when they work correctly, but they also expand the consequences of an incorrect assumption, stale context or improperly scoped permission.The interface may matter as much as the modelsShumer described the product’s interface as feeling like iMessage, an intentionally familiar metaphor for a system whose underlying architecture — autonomous computers, persistent memory, agent orchestration and automatic model routing — could otherwise be difficult for nontechnical users to configure.SpaceXAI makes essentially the same usability argument in its launch announcement. Rather than asking users to construct workflows before getting started, it says users can simply message a Bot from a phone or desktop, hand it work and later continue the same conversation from either device.That simplicity is part of the product strategy. Grok Bot is trying to hide much of the conventional machinery of automation — workflow builders, explicit integrations, agent routing and orchestration — behind an interaction model that resembles messaging a coworker.That may prove to be the larger bet behind Grok Bot.The AI industry has spent several years making models increasingly capable of using tools and completing multi-step tasks. Grok Bot attempts to turn those capabilities into an organizational abstraction people already understand: give someone a job, teach them how you work, and let them coordinate with the rest of the team.If that abstraction proves reliable, the enterprise agent competition may increasingly shift away from which assistant produces the best individual response and toward which platform can most reliably manage fleets of agents performing ongoing work.

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