'Seinfeld' Writer Wants His Payday

'Seinfeld' writer wants compensation from McDonald's for muffin top idea - Fox News
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Weekend Levity - Getting Good Nutrition Advice

Four minutes of fun -

This Is Why Eating Healthy Is Hard (Time Travel Dietician) - YouTube
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Bernie Sanders Proposes CEO Town Hall

This is amusing. If crazy Bernie had won the Democrat nomination in 2016 the three liberal CEOs on this list would have supported him. But not the guy from WalMart.

Bernie Sanders dares Disney, Amazon, Walmart, McDonald's CEOs to face employees
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Restaurant Chain CEOs Pay

Here’s How Much the Top Restaurant Chain CEOs Made Last Year
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Freestanding McCafes to Grow in Canada

...most franchisee agreements contain geographical exclusions which prevent 
cannibalization from new stores within the network, but McCafés would be 
an exception to the rule because they are a different concept with a different 
menu that includes a lineup of grilled cheese and specialty sandwiches. “You 
could put (standalone McCafés) in areas where you would not put an existing 
McDonald’s,” Arifuzzaman said. “It is a way to grow McDonald’s footprint 
and potentially steal more share.”

McDonald’s extends its cafe chain rollout as it battles Tims and Starbucks - Fin. Post
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How Do the Third-Party Delivery Players Stack Up?

Restaurant Business reports on Technomic study
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McDonald's and Muffin Tops?

"It's sort of unusual to hear McDonald's talk about not executing," said Sara Senatore, a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst. "This is a big company that's always been known as an operating company."

McDonald's wants to win breakfast by selling muffin tops - Ad Age

Reshuffling of McDonald's Suppliers

McDonald’s Supplier Attracts Arkansas Chicken Producer - Bloomberg
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McDonald's to Close 13 Year Old Oak Brook Flagship Store

This is the 50th anniversary store opened in 2005. We will see more and more of this kind of real estate wheeling and dealing in the future as McDonald's looks for more ways to return cash to shareholders. This time it involves a McOpCo so there's no franchise agreement to terminate. But, if it was franchised the Operator would have to be bought out or be talked into walking away from the remaining seven years.

A McDonald's isn't always the highest and best use for a property.

With McDonald's moving to Chicago, Oak Brook's 22nd Street restaurant will close Saturday
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Are Sugar Worries Weighing on Frappuccino sales?

Are sugar worries weighing on Frappuccino sales?

Starbucks Frappuccino sales tell a troubling tale
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