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...McDonald’s remains the undisputed leader, with $48.7bn.* For owner Restaurant Brands International, Burger King is the meat of its portfolio....
...And much as M&S do very fine prepared meals, it’s not the 1990s. Time for a radical plan....
...Restaurants like McDonald's, Yum and Starbucks are less of a straight bet on the economy, but unfortunately they look expensive. Real estate Hard question....
..., chief strategy officer of Bon Appétit Management Company, a restaurant business with a focus on sustainable practices....
...Playing for keeps Mayfair mogul Richard Caring is playing a real-life game of monopoly — and winning — as his collection of restaurants looks to corner London’s fine dining market....
...His hope is that instead of customers trading up from McDonald’s, they might trade down from restaurants....
...McDonald’s said its franchisees were experiencing wage inflation of more than 10 per cent but some had still needed to cut back late night opening hours because of staffing shortages....
...Thirty-two years on, the symbolism was no less powerful as McDonald’s announced that restaurant would be closing, along with the rest of its 850 outlets in Russia, as companies continue to head for the exit...
...In 2019 it generated a 58 per cent net return, about double the S&P 500....
...This week, Levi’s said that it would be “suspending commercial operations in Russia” and McDonald’s, whose presence in Russia is a symbol of westernisation, announced it would temporarily close all its restaurants...
...About 35 per cent of people in Arkansas are fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and only two states — Mississippi and Alabama — have lower rates of inoculation...
...That argument was echoed by Chris Kempczinski, the chief executive of McDonald’s, who told analysts this month that it was raising wages in the US restaurants it owns because “that’s just what you need to...
...McDonald’s and Google....
...Faced with a shortage of waiters and cooks, some restaurants will use more frozen, pre-cooked food from factory kitchens....
...It is a surprising fact that France has more than 1,400 McDonald’s outlets, which makes it one of the company’s biggest markets outside the US....
...The vast majority of McDonald’s restaurants are now open, although most are confined to drive-through, delivery and takeaway....
...Think of the very precise, regimented lettering in M*A*S*H. “I love this typography — its form is dictated by function,” says Berryman, who has used them for printwork at Applied Art Forms....
...Sales at casual restaurants, which slumped amid lockdowns in March, have bounced back with a vengeance....
...Indeed, an intriguing “S” fight is brewing at McDonald’s....
...Starbucks beat McDonald’s, Yum Brands and nine others in earning high marks from employees on Glassdoor, according to a new report. “Happy restaurant workers = alpha,” Bank of America said....
...After surging prices in April — the biggest rise on the S&P 500 since 1987 — we are already well along the uphill slope of the V....
..., and strains on housing, healthcare, and education systems,” according to S&P Global Research....
...But they were also protesting about another issue: claims of rampant sexual abuse of women in McDonald’s restaurants....
...McDonald’s on Friday posted its biggest rise in comparable sales in two years, boosted by refurbished restaurants and refreshed menus....
...Zhang Yichen, head of Citic Capital and a big investor in the chain of McDonald’s restaurants on the mainland and in Hong Kong, said consumers were “still OK....
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