80 Mill Hours Needed for Obamacare Tax Rules

80 million hours needed for Obamacare tax rules | Times 247:

Tax Penalty to Hit Nearly 6M Uninsured People

Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people, under ObamaCare | Fox News:

Fast Food Restaurants Serve Quick Breakfast Options

Fast Food Restaurants Serve Quick Breakfast Options - QSR magazine:

McDonald's Fights Slowdown With Value Initiatives

McDonald's fights slowdown in Europe, U.S. with value initiatives | Nation's Restaurant News:

McDonald’s Fattens Dividend By 10% to $0.77

McDonald’s Fattens Dividend By 10% to $0.77 - Income Investing - Barrons.com:
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YUM Frachisee Says Obamacare Will Take 1/2 Profits

Barr has 23 stores with 421 employees, 109 of whom are full-time. 
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Jan Talks PFEs

Leaks about McDonald's marketing plans usually come from the various ad agencies.
This time it's Jan Fields on national TV divulging OPNAD's promotional food events.

CNBC video is here >>>  Jan Fields Unplugged
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Howard Penney at Hedgeye Tweets...

If 20% of @mcdonalds customers gravitate to this menu b/c of listing calories $MCD will have an average check problem. twitter.com/HedgeyeHWP/sta…
— Howard Penney (@HedgeyeHWP) September 13, 2012

Bigger is Not Better

It's long been my position that one of the reasons McDonald's dominates
the QSR industry is that McDonald's Operators in the USA have a
relatively small number of restaurants in a defined geographic location.

The article below features a Burger King franchisee who owns 400 Burger
Kings spread between Dallas and Orlando, 50 Arby's and Popeye's in Texas
He also owns most of the CiCi's in Houston and 33 Golden Corrals.

How can a such a franchisee compete with a bunch of six store McDonald's
Operators in his markets?

Good for him that he owns hundreds of restaurants but this is the reason
visits to Burger Kings are usually a disappointment.

Guillermo Perales is profiled HERE

McDonald's Sales Bounce Back on Value Deals

"McDonald's has been intensifying its "messaging around value," noted Andy Barish, a 
Jefferies analyst. For example, he noted that the company ran promotions for its breakfast
Dollar Menu in mid-August."

The Associated Press: McDonald's sales bounce back on value deals:
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