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McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King make their case with non-budget diners

 By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 08, 2024

The Bottom Line: The three big burger chains, which have been in a value war for the past few months, are all pushing innovative products to win back customers.

Financing

McDonald's accuses beef suppliers of price fixing

 By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 07, 2024

The fast-food giant has sued Cargill, JBS, Tyson and others, claiming they conspired to limit production and drive up the cost of beef.

Food

McDonald's is (finally) giving the U.S. a Chicken Big Mac

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 03, 2024

The fast-food giant will start selling the poultrified version of its signature sandwich next week as a limited-time offer, pulling the curtain on one of the chain's worst-kept secrets.

Financing

Taco Bell franchisee Pacific Bells continues its eastward push

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 03, 2024

One of the fast-food chain’s largest franchisees continues to acquire and open new locations. One of those new units could be in a ghost kitchen.

Financing

Is Starbucks affordable? Not according to this survey

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 03, 2024

The coffee shop giant lags well behind its top competitors on affordability, according to Technomic. No. 1? Tim Hortons.

Financing

How to market fast food at a time like this

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 02, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Ryan Ostrom, chief marketing officer for Jack in the Box, joins the Restaurant Business podcast to talk marketing a brand when customers are cutting back.

Marketing

Wendy's latest collaboration is with SpongeBob SquarePants

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 02, 2024

The fast-food chain announced a collaboration to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Nickelodeon program with a “Krabby Patty Kollab” menu.

Financing

Distribution problems force some Atlanta-area Subway locations to temporarily close

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 02, 2024

A distributor in the area didn’t make promised deliveries for at least two weeks, leaving the company and franchisees scrambling to find supplies.

Financing

Subway is growing internationally again

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 01, 2024

The company says it has commitments for 10,000 global restaurants, turning around what had been a struggling international growth strategy even as it closes locations domestically.

Leadership

Arby's names David Graves president

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 30, 2024

The fast-food sandwich chain also said that Jeff Baker is returning to the chain as chief marketing officer.

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