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%

In A While McCrocodile

Twelve-foot dinosaur shuts down McDonald's drive-thru

Poultry in Motion

Wendy's tendys makes its debut in the chicken tenders game - USA Today

Tendys?

 

Wendy's Tendys makes its debut in the chicken tenders game - USA Today

PJB's CosMcs Alredy Putting the Hurt on Starbucks?

 Starbucks - significant store closures and layoffs

Subway Rebellion

Subway Franchisees Push Back on Reinvestment - RestBusOnline  

R.I.P Michael Quinlan - Former MCD CEO

ChiTrib article - 9/26/2025

Obituary - Sullivan Funeral Home

PJB Desperately Seeking More McKinsey

Emily Reasor joins McDonald's Star Chamber.

 “One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, naturally. There is no secret society shaping every major decision and determining the direction of human history. There is, however, McKinsey & Company.”

― Walt Bogdanich, "When McKinsey Comes to Town"