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Services
McDonald’s Burgers Rate Last in Survey
ThinkstockWhen it comes to fast food, Americans eat a lot of it, and they are getting more demanding about the quality of the food they are eating. And the biggest names are…
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Services
Poor Wages Given as Reason for Poor McDonald’s Service Rating
Wikimedia CommonsFor the past 20 years, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has been rating what it calls limited-service restaurants and the rest of us call fast-food restaurants. In every one of…
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Retail
Why McDonald’s U.S. Growth Has Ended and Will Not Recover
McDonald's posted another month of falling same-store sales in the United States for May, as competition has flanked it in terms of locations and menu.
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Retail
McDonald’s Looks to Flip Its Stores for Growth
McDonald's announced plans to refranchise at least 1,500 restaurants, following a growing trend in the industry. Other fast-food restaurants that have recently sold company-owned stores back to franchisees include Applebees, Taco Bell,…
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Special Report
Ten Companies With the Least Valuable Workers
courtesy of StarbucksRevenue per employee is one measure of a company’s productivity. Some companies generate significant revenue per employee that runs into the millions of dollars. Others generate only a fraction of…
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Services
Red Lobster Never Recovered From the Great Recession
Darden Restaurants announced Friday that it has sold its Red Lobster chain to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. It has been less than six months since Darden first said it would…
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Companies and Brands
Fast Food Pay Demands Going Global
ThinkstockThe U.S. campaign for a $15 hourly wage for fast-food workers is going global. A New York-based group called Fast Food Forward said today that fast food workers on six continents will…
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Casinos & Hotels
The Money Behind The Kentucky Derby – Hundreds of Millions (or More)
Churchilldowns.comThe Kentucky Derby is one of those events that pulls in viewers who never even bother with watching horse racing any other days of the year. It is also represented as the…
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Economy
Fast Food CEOs Make 1,000 Times Workers Pay
ThinkstockIn 2013, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio in the fast food industry was more than 1,000-to-1. Workers’ situation must be improving, though, because the ratio was 1,200-to-1 in 2012. McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD)…
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Services
Yum Fortunes Ride With China
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) reported first quarter 2014 results after markets closed on Monday. The fast-food restaurant operator posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.87 and revenues…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, Lululemon, Oracle, Coca-Cola, Yum! Brands and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wall Street on Monday, April 21, 2014. They include AMD, Lululemon, Oracle, Coca-Cola and Yum! Brands.
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Services
McDonald’s Offers Free Coffee!
Taco Bell has rolled out a new breakfast menu. To fight back against this new threat, McDonald's is giving away free coffee during breakfast hours for two weeks beginning March 31.
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Biogen, Exxon, MarkWest, Yum! and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms in Thursday, March 6, 2014. The include Biogen Idec, Exxon Mobil, MarkWest Energy and Yum! Brands.
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Retail
Gap Moves Into China
Wikimedia CommonsGap’s (NYSE: GPS) earnings in the fourth quarter and for the 2013 fiscal year were good enough to get modest applause from Wall Street. However, unlike other large American retailers, its…
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Services
Fast-Food Wars: McDonald’s vs. Yum! Brands in China
When fast-food giants McDonald's and Yum! Brands reported fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2013, both chains said that U.S. sales were flat at best for both periods. The main battle between them…