Franchise Equity Group

December 17, 2025

Maze on NOA and McPrices

McDonald's makes big change to franchise relationship

In my humble opinion, the NOA's proactive stance on this issue is a collective decision equal to your first meeting in Tampa.

4 comments:

Richard Adams said...

Former NYC O/O Jim Lewis has some nice qoutes herein.
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Anonymous said...

Unfortunately cannot read it as it is behind a paywall, maybe summerize?

Richard Adams said...

Like everyone else, I hate paywalls and rarely post articles behind them. We could all go broke signing up for every website. However, my one exception is Restaurant Business Magazine, primarily because of Jonathan Maze's work. Their subscription is $200 a year, which, if you're interested in the restaurant business, is really cheap.
As far as me spending the time to summarize articles, where do I send the invoice for doing such work?

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/membership/?t=/
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Anonymous said...

LOL… AI can summarize.

I’d absolutely see the value in the subscription if I were truly a restaurateur or independent operator. Unfortunately, McDonald’s already controls everything I do, and I don’t have the character limit in your blog to list it all.

At this point, I’m no longer an “entrepreneur” and have been beaten into submission if I go outside the pillars; I’m a highly trained participant in a very sophisticated system. My only goal at this point is to deliver a great internal & external customer experience to try and preserve some equity while planning my eventual exit.