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McDonald's $5 value meals lure back inflation-battered customers as Starbuck's, Chili's also see boost: report
July 17, 2024 | 12:36pmMcDonald's, Buffalo Wil💎d Wings, Starbucks and Chili's have seen increased foot traffic thanks to value deals🦂.
Beastie Boys claim Chili's owner used hit song 'Sabotage' in ads without permission
July 11, 2024 | 12:35pm𒉰 "Sabotage" was a single from the group's 1994 album "Ill💟 Communication" and gained fame for its music video, a parody of 1970s television police dramas.
Fast food franchise owners slash hours, jobs to offset labor costs from California's new $20 minimum wage
July 10, 2024 | 4:25pm𒀰 Several California fast food owners continue to cut hours and slash jobs to offset a spike in labor costs caused by state's new $20 minimum wage.
Pizza chain — with 500 shꦜops in the US — could soon be filing for ༺bankruptcy: report
July 3, 2024 | 10:21pm🌄 The pizza joint known for its made-on-the-spot, customizable personal pizzas has more than 500 locations across 28 states.
Hooters abruptly shuts dozens of 'underperforming stores' in stunning inflation deflation
June 24, 2024 | 4:39pmThe famed chicken wings brand, known for its skimpy uniforms, cited “pressure from current market conꦗditions” for its decision to close an unspecified number of stores.
Olive Gard♔en hiking menu prices again — despite admittiꦐng losing customers to inflation
June 20, 2024 | 3:01pm“We’re not going to do th♉ings to buy sales even with the increasing discounting our competitors are doing,” 🅘the chain's CEO said. “Our focus is on profitable sales growth.”
McDonald's to end AI drive-thru experiment after errant orders -- including bacon on ice cream and $222 McNuggets bill
June 17, 2024 | 10:46am♛ Angry customers reported glitches with the new technology -- including one who says the machine added nine sweet teas to her order.
Woman who didn't know she was pregnant gives birth in Golden Corral bathroom, names baby after buffet joint
June 16, 2024 | 10:44am"My sister went around and looked in the toilet and was like, 'I ain't ever seen nothing like it. It's a baby!'" new mom Ta🌳💫yvia Woodfork said.
Chick-fil-A location's summer camp for kids draws criticism, sparks debate on social media
June 12, 2024 | 8:55pmA Chick-fil-A restaurant in Louisiana announced that it will host a summer camp just for kids, igniting a ꦐdebate on social media.
Flavor Flav orders whole menu at Red Lobster 'to help' save chain that filed for bankruptcy
June 5, 2024 | 11:02pmꦐ Call him the Flavor Savior.
Beloved Mexican chain files for bankruptcy after California's minimum wage law cripples business
June 5, 2024 | 1:36pm🍌 Rubio's has over $100 million in debt, acco♒rding to a bankruptcy petition filed Wednesday.
McDonald's loses sandwich trademark in Europe amid dispute with Irish fast-food chain
June 5, 2024 | 11:33amA court in 🔯Luxembourg ruled that McDonald's hasn't 💧used the "Big Mac" name for its chicken sandwiches for five consecutive years.
Red Lobster could shut down 135 more restaurants in rent ⛄negotiations after filing for bankruptc꧅y : report
June 5, 2024 | 9:57amBankruptcy filings list 228 rejected l❀eases that the company has flagged as money-losinꦜg propositions if they continue without adjustments.
Beloved fast food chain closes after becoming first victim of California's $20 minimum wage law
June 4, 2024 | 2:53pmSan-Diego based Mexican fast food chain Rubio’s Coastal Grill is shutting down 48 California locations, citing the “risꦛing cost of doing bus💝iness” as a factor in its rationale.
Red Lobste♔r scrambles to keep Times Square location open -- as landlord seeks to double rent: sources
May 31, 2024 | 1:34pmEmployees of the Times Squar🦩e location have been told that their store is not on 💎the chopping block.
Cracker Barrel to hike prices after sales drop, CEO admits chain 'just not as relevant'
May 30, 2024 | 1:44pmThe Tennessee-based company said that its third quarter total revenue came in at $817.1ဣ million -- down 1.9% compared to the same period last year.
Elites might laugh at Red Lobster closing, but mi♓ddle America grew up on it𓆉
May 25, 2024 | 8:00amRed Lobster is ba⛄nkrupt, and it could spell more economic troubles to come.
Cracker Barrel's stock in freefall after CEO admits chain 'just not as relevant as we once were'
May 23, 2024 | 11:54am“🐈They have a lot of senior consumers, so long term they need to migrate away from that consumer,” analyst Jake Bartlett said.
Hey🍌, Red Lobster: Please don’t cut bait on your surprisingly good ౠTimes Square location
May 15, 2024 | 6:04pmThe delicious seafood dishes are no flukeღ.
Calif. restaurants 🅺to hike menu pri♓ces further over junk-fee ban taking effect July 1
May 10, 2024 | 10:44am🐬 🔯 California restaurants are poised to further hike prices after a junk-fee ban in the state mandated that restaurants and bars fold mandatory fees into listed menu prices.