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Layoffs at Starbucks

Starbucks laying off 5% of corporate employees
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Working to Reduce Average Check

I spent much of last week talking with reporters, analysts, and 
McDonald's Operators about the problems created for franchisees 
by the never ending discounting in the QSR industry.

Then, over the weekend, I stopped at a McDonald's drive-thru. 
Pulling into the inside lane I was confronted with a back lit display
box mounted six or eight feet in front of the full menu board. The 
message in the sign was essentially the same as this banner to the
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Riddle me this - you've got me in your drive-thru lane, I'm not going anywhere, why are you suggesting I order your cheapest food? 

Wouldn't an Operator prefer I spend a few more bucks on a signature sandwich meal? 

I remember when increasing the average check was a good thing. 
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Papa John’s Franchisees Lawyer Up

Papa John’s franchisees hire a high-powered attorney
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Jonathan Maze on QSR Discounting

        Fast food lives by the discount, and dies by it
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QSR Magazine on Wendy's

     
   

 The Menu Challenge Facing Wendy's
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Bloomberg On The Workforce

Millennial men leave perplexing hole in hot U.S. job market
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Senior citizens replacing teenagers as fast food workers
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QPC Lawsuit Dismissed

McDonald's customers’ $5M lawsuit over unwanted Quarter Pounder cheese dismissed
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Where Are All the QSR Customers?

McDonald's TCs down, Wendy's SSS down, Red Robin sales down 3.4%, Papa John’s North America comps down 9.8%.

Wendy's surprise same-restaurant sales drop burn shares
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Franchise Times Profiles McDonald's Operator Ken Lopaty

‘New Franchise. McDonald’s. Call Ray Kroc.’
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Now a Word From the Democrats

Be sure to vote on November sixth or before
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Don't Come to Our Stores - It's Kind of Dangerous

Burger King Turned Real Car Crashes at Its Restaurants Into Ads Encouraging Delivery – Adweek
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The Era of Raising Prices to Cover Discounting is Over

Higher prices are hurting restaurant traffic
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Escape From Oak Brook Continues

McDonald's selling 34 vacant acres in Oak Brook to homebuilder - ChiTrib
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