CFA Launchs New Beverage Concept: daybright

 

          Good luck keeping Chick-fil-A service times - look at that menu!

Burger King Learns Its Lesson

Maze writes: "And straight discounts simply don’t work these days, not in the face of so many value offers. Also, profitability matters."  

Burger King's shift in attitude has helped it outperform its rivals

Are McDonald's Owners Making Up for the Shutdown?

Gamers - I'd like to buy the world a Meal and wreck the company

"McDonald's Monopoly game has become an exasperating mess"

1970s Coca-Cola commercial - 55 years ago

Starbucks: Better Service = Improved Sales

Other chains just keep adding to the menu, expecting better sales

White Castle Gets Modern

 

Does this building look familiar? Sure, it does. It could be a Taco Bell, a McDonald's, or most any modern QSR. It seems the different chains are all building an interchangeable building that could be converted to any brand if the original restaurant doesn't work out. On this one, all they'd have to do is change the signage, take down those metal trim pieces on the roof, and you're ready to serve Whoppers.

Castle of Tomorrow - QSR magazine

Who Would do Business With These People?

                Disney parks down 26% over five years - Breitbart

Four Free Bags of Food

I usually ignore the "Free food at McDonald's" internet posts, but this one looks interesting. I assume the game geniuses and McDonald's corporate folks told Owner/Operators this kind of thing would be infrequent. 

Food Hack - Trying the kiosk trick at McDonald's

MCD Pays Another Qarterly Dividend

"McDonald's said it has raised its dividend for 49 straight years. In September of last year, the dividend was raised to $1.77 per share from $1.67."

MCD BOD declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.86 - Dow Jones

A Year Already?

Trump celebrates one year since he served as a McDonald's employee.

Maze - Opinion - Fast Food Results

A lot of effort, without a lot of results: RestBusOnline

Restaurant Owners - Inflation Forcing Tough Menu Choices

FOX News - the $17 egg sandwich? 

Taco Bell Again Fastest Drive-Thru

QSR magazine talks with Taco Bell executives            

QSR Drive-Thru report

Like I Said - Too Many Restaurants

 Jonathan Maze on X

@jonathanmaze

Oct 15

"Restaurants are on pace for more than 40,000 limited-time offers this year, which would be more than double the number in 2022 and would be a record, for the third straight year, per @technomic.

Brands need sales and traffic and social media is pushing innovation."

Simple - Whether you're selling widgets or hamburgers, oversupply means prices drop.

Stick a Fork in Beyond Meat

Shares drop below $1.00 on investor concerns - AP

Speaking of Attorney Zarco

The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) has published a sixteen-minute interview with Attorney Robert Zarco. It's very informative.

AAFD interview with Robert Zarco - YouTube

Also, if you haven't visited, the website of Zarco Einhorn Salkowski has a terrific video center that addresses numerous discussions about franchise legal matters. They are informal and fairly brief.

Zarco Law video center 

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Don't miss the Anonymous Comments on the Subway Article

Zarco on Subway remodel fight

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Did McDonald's Price Cuts Work? It's Complicated

Wendy's ... new plan represents a shift away from aggressive unit growth to building sales and profitability at its existing restaurants

Zarco on the Subway Remodel Fight

Franchise Times magazine - Oct 2025

"Subway has imposed a non-negotiable remodel timeline that treats franchisees not as business partners, but as corporate ATMs,” the franchisee association said in a statement.

The Massive Expansion of McDonald's

There will always be population migration (ask any homebuilder), but does that mean you build early and let the Owner/Operator suffer the losses in the early years?

Bloomberg reports with some shaky but interesting data - video

Who Owns McDonald's?

MCD corporate insiders own less than one percent of shares - Yahoo

Institutions - 74%