Coalition of Franchisee Associations

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.