Taco Bell, McDonald's, and Dunkin' and are raising prices. Here's how much...
Summary List PlacementPrices at fast-food chains will continue to rise as ingredients and labor grow more expensive.Chipotle raised prices across its menu by about 4% in June, a move the company said...
View ArticleAmazon, investment banks, and even big tobacco are spending millions of...
Summary List PlacementA record number of special interests that for the first time included tech giant Amazon lobbied on cannabis from April to June this year as legalization talks heated up on Capitol...
View ArticleCheesecake Factory invited a law-firm worker to interview for a server role 2...
Summary List PlacementCheesecake Factory invited a law-firm worker for a server-job interview two years after ghosting his application, a report said — the latest sign of how restaurants are scrambling...
View ArticleA 19-year-old fast-food boss says he expects to lose half his staff in the...
Summary List PlacementA 19-year-old manager of a chicken restaurant in Allen, Texas, told Insider that he expected to lose half his staff in the next few weeks.Jason Cabrera runs a branch of the...
View ArticleMcDonald's CEO says corporate staff will return to the office 3 days a week....
Summary List PlacementMcDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said he expected corporate workers to return to the office three days a week.In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Kempczinski said remote work had...
View ArticleIt's been 12 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage. As a...
Summary List PlacementFor millions of workers across the country, it's been 12 years without a raise in the minimum wage.12 years is a long time. In the past 12 years, we've had three different...
View ArticleWalmart, Target, Costco, and others stay quiet on mask mandates as the CDC...
Summary List PlacementWalmart, Target, and McDonald's are among several major retailers and restaurant chains that have yet to comment on new recommendations around mask-wearing as COVID-19 cases soar...
View ArticleA 10% raise helped McDonald's ease its worker shortage, CEO says
Summary List PlacementRemarks from a McDonald's earning calls shows one strategy that may have helped the fast-food giant hire workers amidst the US labor shortage: Paying more.In a Wednesday earnings...
View ArticleMcDonald's is going all-in on celebrity order collabs, and just announced its...
Summary List PlacementMcDonald's just announced the next Famous Orders meal collab with TikTok-famous hip hop star Saweetie.Beginning August 9, McDonald's customers in the US can the Saweetie meal: a...
View ArticleAmericans have rediscovered their love for the drive-thru
Summary List PlacementRestaurant dining rooms are reopening in most of the US, but Americans are still drive-thru devotees. Major fast-food brands reported quarterly earnings this week, and executives...
View ArticleDon't believe the fast-food signing-bonus hype
Summary List PlacementA discounted meal every shift is not enough to keep fast-food employees satisfied. The restaurant industry had the third-highest resignation level of any industry, with 706,000...
View ArticleMcDonald's makes masks mandatory for all US customers in areas with high...
Summary List PlacementMcDonald's said Monday that all its customers and staff would need to start wearing masks again inside its US restaurants in areas with high or substantial COVID-19 transmission,...
View ArticleMcDonald's workers in LA are striking after a violent attack by a customer...
Summary List PlacementWorkers at a south Los Angeles area McDonald's location are striking Tuesday citing a years-long pattern of violence plaguing the store.Workers at the restaurant held a rally...
View ArticleI visited a meat-processing factory to find out exactly how McDonald's...
Summary List PlacementNowadays, it seems we're getting more and more critical when it comes to ingredients. From organic ingredients and excess sugar to "E numbers" (or food additives) and salt, the...
View ArticleWoman sues McDonald's after complaining that a cheeseburger advert was so...
Summary List PlacementA woman from Omsk, Russia, is reportedly suing McDonald's over an advert featuring cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets, which she said caused her to break her fast during...
View ArticleMeet the typical McDonald's customer, a middle-aged white woman buying...
Summary List PlacementMcDonald's is one of the most recognizable brands in the world and is often synonymous with fast food in general. The chain has more than 36,000 locations in more than 100...
View ArticleStoried Omnicom ad agency DDB Worldwide has been reeling from the loss of...
Summary List PlacementThe 96-year-old ad agency DDB is behind some of the world's most recognizable ads like the 1959 "Think Small" campaign for Volkswagen Beetle and Quaker Oats' long-running "Little...
View ArticlePizza Hut is building an AI that it says will recommend food to you based on...
Summary List PlacementPizza Hut plans to use AI tech to recommend orders to customers based on the weather in their location, the company's data chief told VentureBeat. The restaurant chain is building...
View ArticleMcDonald's announces all corporate employees must be vaccinated before...
Summary List PlacementMcDonald's announced Wednesday that all corporate employees must be vaccinated by September 27, The Wall Street Journal reported. The fast-food chain also opted to push back its...
View ArticleThe restaurants of the future will be more expensive and full of robots....
Summary List PlacementThe playbook that worked for restaurants before the pandemic isn't cutting it today.Owners faced a flurry of issues as they reopened after more than a year of restricted business....
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