February 27, 2018

McDonald's Dates Disney (Again)


Let's hope the relationship is different this time. In previous alliances Disney lead McDonald's executives and McDonald's Operators around on a very tight leash.
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February 22, 2018

Taco Bell Unseats BK as No. 4 U.S. Restaurant Chain

Reporting by - CMO Strategy - AdAge
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IF Delivery is Successful UberEats Will Have To Go Away

"IF" delivery becomes a big part of the business the UberEats arrangement will not be sustainable. McDonald's Corp will fight to keep it alive because of their cut of the 15%.
But die it must.

Domino's won't let anyone else deliver its pizza
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February 20, 2018

Wisconsin Governor Returns to Work at McDonald's

Governor works for a day at New London McDonald's
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Another Slide Show From Restaurant Business - On Chipotle

Remembering the highs and lows of Steve Ells’ reign
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Delivery Slide Show From Restaurant Business

Having served McDonald's food for 30 years I can't imagine giving my customer's food to a strange, unsupervised, 
"middle-man" who's then in charge of the food.

A quote from a Technomic person:

"The industry has been lucky that we haven't had a disturbed individual that has tampered with the food. It's a real danger, and that will come back on the brand."

How is delivery disrupting business as we know it?
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February 15, 2018

Worst TV Commercial in the History of QSRs

This fellow is an opinion writer so take what you want - but watch the video.

Subway Wants You To Believe It's More Exciting Than McDonald's
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McDonald’s And Uber Eats

McDonald's corporate person: "Delivery is the next drive-thru"

What would happen if McDonald's Operators had to give up 20% of their drive-thru sales?

McDonald’s And Uber Eats Need Each Other Now More Than Ever
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February 8, 2018

Profitable Delivery? What A Concept!

YUM CFO: “We did a thorough process understanding the economics to franchisees and to us,” CFO David Gibbs said. “It was a really important process to us, to make sure franchisees had good economics.
“We think we have a deal our franchisees will absolutely embrace.”
Yum Brands to invest $200M in Grubhub
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February 1, 2018

Price Collusion Suits Against Tyson - Others

Price collusion suits mount against Tyson Foods and other poultry companies
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Talking Operations - With Zero Operations Knowledge

Someone named Lucy Brady is suddenly an expert on McDonald's food quality and thinks
30-minute old fries are a good thing. She'll be shocked to learn about the short holding 
time for fries at the fry station, and that's under heat lamps.