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What wowed QSRweb readers in 2019

From major C-suite changes at major QSRs, to everything and anything about the delivery game in quick-service, the top stories "of the year that was" on QSRweb, show executives love to read about other executives, along with some of their most major moves within their brands.

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December 17, 2019 by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

The QSR leaders who regularly check in and check out the postings on this website are a savvy bunch because they are keeping a keen eye (or even two) on the competition every step of the way. We know that from looking at the data and reading up on what you're reading from the stores of stories we report and write. In fact, you are particularly interested in what your fellow executives are doing, as well as where and how they're moving about the restaurant landscape, according to our readership data.  

But all that said, it's also clear that you enjoy a good chuckle, particularly when your colleagues launch something really impressively creative and even funny. Among the shorter news "briefs" of the last year on our website that came in high in readership rankings were reports about CBD-infused burgers and, of course, that "teeny weeny Taco Bell bikini" favorites from the "year that was." Though it should be pointed out that readers kept their perspective, since those lighter items were outranked by more serious news around acquisitions and brand strategy. 

But all this talking about it just dances around the real results, so here then are the top 10 more in-depth feature articles of the year, as well as the top three news briefs on this website of the past year.

Top 10 QSRweb features of 2019 include: 

1. McDonald's names CEO after Easterbrook's consensual relationship with employee.
2. Chick-Fil-A uses data in new faster results-producing way. 
3. What difference do women make in QSR leadership anyway? KFC, Subway detail the brand-boosting benefits. 
4. Restaurateurs dish on 3rd-party delivery (Hint: The news isn't good). 
5. The real reason Wendy's is giving breakfast another try.
6. Taco Bell COO gives firsthand account of rising through the QSR ranks.
7. Chick-Fil-A, In-N-Out, Krispy Kreme lead study's best QSR rankings.       
8. KFC to deploy 5,000 kiosks by 2020.
9. Delivery: Why it's a big deal for small-town QSRs
10. Integrating delivery services: A disruption that can't be ignored. 
     

Top three QSRweb news briefs of 2019 were: 

1. Largest Burger King franchisee to pay $238M for Cambridge Franchise Holdings.
2. McDonald's Happy Meal toys target STEM subjects.
3. Taco Bell lays out 7 2019 commitments

About S.A. Whitehead

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Pizza Marketplace and QSRweb editor Shelly Whitehead is a former newspaper and TV reporter with an affinity for telling stories about the people and innovative thinking behind great brands.