McDonald’s is cashing in on nostalgia

McDonald’s adult Happy Meals and returning Boo Buckets play into millennial nostalgia.

Juliet Bennett Rylah • October 11, 2022

Fast-food celebrity collaborations, explained

Celeb collabs are a great way for fast-food chains to drive app downloads and appeal to Gen-Z.

Trung T. Phan • December 10, 2021

A sandwich chain started by firefighter brothers just sold for $1B

Firehouse Subs has granted $62.5m to public safety organizations since 2005.

Jacob Cohen • November 16, 2021

The pandemic almost killed The Cheesecake Factory. Then delivery cheesecake took off.

The Cheesecake Factory looked like it was in trouble early in the pandemic, then delivery cheesecake saved the day.

Rob Litterst • November 8, 2021

Forget $5 — Subway just found the right ingredients for a $1B turnaround

Digital updates and menu upgrades are turning the business around.

Jacob Cohen • October 5, 2021

For drive-thrus, faster doesn’t always mean better

A recent study found that speed isn’t the only thing diners care about when it comes to drive-thrus.

Jacob Cohen • September 22, 2021

The pandemic is straining the franchisee-corporate relationship

With margins down during the pandemic, franchisees are fighting back against onerous corporate costs.

Trung T. Phan • December 3, 2020

Domino’s has been working on pizza delivery innovation for years. During quarantine, its efforts have paid off.

Domino’s Pizza has seen sales surge during quarantine. Its success is built on years of pizza delivery-related innovation.

Trung T. Phan • September 21, 2020

Why McDonald’s is hiring 250k senior citizens

On Wednesday, McDonald’s announced its intentions to fill around 250k summer jobs ranging from cashiers to shift managers — by recruiting Grandma and Grandpa. The fast-food behemoth is scouting elderly talent with posts on the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) job board. While we’d love to attribute this to the goodness of Ronny McD’s […]

Zachary Crockett • April 26, 2019

The guy who brought McDonald’s to India is raging against the Mac-chine

Mickey D’s tried to buy Bakshi out in '08 for a measly $5m, but he refused, citing evidence that his share was actually worth $331m. So they fired him.

John Havel • September 29, 2017

Oh yes he did: How Doyle saved Domino’s

When Patrick Doyle came on board as CEO of Domino’s Pizza in 2010 he vowed to transform the struggling pizza company into a “Technology-Enabled, Nimble, Category Disrupting Machine.” We’re not sure what that means either, but the company Doyle has re-built in the past 6 years is probably pretty close to that vision. It all […]

The Hustle • December 1, 2016

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