From Chips to Trips, Earnings Season Shows Consumer Demand Is Bumpy at Best

From Chips to Trips, Earnings Season Shows Consumer Demand Is Bumpy at Best


As earnings season got fully underway earlier in the month, Delta Air Lines was among the first out of the gate to sound notes of caution, where CEO Ed Bastian said: “Coming into 2025, we were positioned for another year of strong growth. During the conference call with analysts, Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright said: “In February, we began to see that the elevated level of uncertainty felt by consumers starting to impact their spending habits. Last week, PepsiCo cut its full-year outlook on the heels of consumer pullbacks, and earnings will be flat rather than in the single-digit percentage points (FritoLay sales, in just one example, were down about 4% year on year in the first quarter).

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Published at: 2025-04-28 22:44:29

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