Clinton Still Loves McDonald's

Bill Clinton mistaken for Joe Biden at McDonald's - video

All I Know is What I Read in the Wall Street Journal

The WSJ's coverage of McDonald's lawsuit against various beef suppliers includes the following partial sentence: "Eligible franchisees could receive a portion of recovered funds or a credit toward future purchases."

* What is an "Eligible" franchisee? * Aren't they all?

* Are there McDonald's Operators in the USA who don't sell beef products?

* Who ultimately paid for the finished product delivered to the restaurants?

QSRs Help in Hurricane Relef

CFA, Dennys, Dominos, McDonald's - Franchise Wire

Samaritan' Purse 

McDonald's Apparently Wins $5 Meal Battle. But,

 "more of their customers are ordering discounts, which can hammer profit margins."

McDonald's Corp Sues Meat Suppliers

Allegedly conspiring to fix the price of beef

Occasionally, McDonald’s Corp. gets a little slap-happy with litigation. Like a hammer thinking everything looks like a nail, the legal department thinks every corporate challenge looks like a possible lawsuit.

This “management by bullying” peaked in the late 1990s when the company was suing everyone and threatening every Owner/Operator. Part of the problem was that one of McDonald’s directors was a prominent Chicago attorney who was a partner at a prominent Chicago law firm. Conveniently, said firm handled most of the company’s litigation.

This compulsion fizzled out around the turn of the century with all the changes in CEOs and directors. 

If they give a pajama boy an unlimited legal budget, it can be a control freak’s dream. Let’s hope not.

Keep Your Eyes on Your Fries

Lamb Weston cuts plants and staff - CNN

National Companies Running From DEI

• The list grows - Molson Coors, Ford Motor Co, John Deere, Lowe's, Harley-Davidson, Tractor Supply Co. and more.
• Toyota latest company to move away from DEI

Is Starbucks Too Expensive?

 This survey says: Yes - Maze

Only Twenty Years?

 Arcos Dorados signed up for another term

A Hurricane Helene Donation Opportunity

Samaritan's Purse, lead by Franklin Graham

MCD Shares Break Records

Back in June, we discussed, with some alarm, that McDonald's share price had drifted down to the mid-$200 range.

Is anyone watching the MCD stock price? - 6/18/24

We should now recognize that the MCD share price has finally topped $300 over the past week, driven by market momentum and an announced increase in the MCD dividend.

However, in the longer term, the increase comes from investors' confidence that McDonald's Owner/Operators will continue to follow corporate discounting plans.

Congratulations to MCD shareholders.

MCD Insider Sales (Nobody's Buying?)

NYSE: MCD stock report - Yahoo Finance

This is a Very Bad Idea!

President Donald Trump has a lot of good ideas - this isn't one of them.

Trump wants to work a shift at McDonald's - Newsweek

Reviewing "Best Practices for Owner/Operators navigating election season" Operators are told "As a company we do not support just one candidate or one political party. We support policies that advance the business interests of our organization and enable our license to operate".

Much of this manual is heavy-handed, but this portion is good strategy. Nothing like this could be conducted properly or constructively. It's one thing for Trump to pop into a Chick-fil-A and buy everyone lunch, but that's not an event sponsored by Chick-fil-A corporate or its licensee. Kamala Harris can stop at a 7-11 for some Doritos but it's not a 71-1 corporate event.

Even if only 30% of McDonald's USA customers are hardcore Democrats, that's a lot of business to risk.

Give Franchisees a Break on Remodels

Want franchisees to get on board with remodels? Opinion by Maze

Don't Miss This Comment...

Anonymous says:

"When the pandemic hit, CK and the entire company sheltered in place while *we* worked in our restaurants and kept the business running alone"

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When the pandemic hit...fegroupblog