Top 10 2018 QSRweb stories show our eyes are always on the other 'guys'

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

The top 10 QSR stories this year were all about keeping a friendly, but watchful eye on the competition, who as it turns out were all doing some pretty amazing…

Wendy's commits to beef program furthering 'responsible' antibiotic use

December 12, 2018

Wendy's has become the first restaurant chain to partner with the animal care  and sustainability program, Progressive Beef, beginning in 2019, with at least…

McDonald's pledges to address antibiotics in beef by 2021

December 11, 2018

McDonald's said today it will address antibiotics use in its beef supply chain by 2021, according to the National Resources Defense Council. Next year it will…

Keeping screens clean of pathogens unseen: A challenge for self-service age

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Bacteria found on McDonald's U.K. touchscreens have raised concerns about kiosk sanitation, presenting what many consider to be the first public health issue…

Burger King launches revised app on McDonald's doorstep ... literally

December 4, 2018

Burger King has a new promotion that it vows will turn "more than 14,000 McDonald's into branches of its brand instead." For a limited time, when a customer…

8 London McDonald's kiosk screens found loaded with fecal bacteria

November 29, 2018

Stories are spreading like viruses across the news media concerning the findings of a kind of real-world experiment on McDonald's kiosk screens in a handful of…

McDonald's Colombia uses interactive signage to get customers dancin' in the streets

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

McDonald's recently partnered with worldwide outdoor advertising company, JCDecaux Colombia, to deliver a digital signage dance party to celebrate the Big…

McDonald's breakfast LTO inspired by customer menu hacks

October 25, 2018

For the first time in five years, McDonald's is ushering in a new breakfast LTO, a meat-filled sandwich called Triple Breakfast Stacks, which is debuting Nov.

McDonald's comp sales up 4.2 percent, consolidated revenues down 5 percent

October 23, 2018

McDonald's Corporation Q3 results, for the period ending Sept. 30, show comp sales rose 4.2 percent, the 13th straight quarter of positive movement for the…

Bernie Sanders to McDonald's: 'US taxpayer is subsidizing the low pay'

October 5, 2018

Former presidential hopeful and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a letter to McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook that U.S. taxpayers are "subsidizing" the…

McDonald's veteran US CRO retires

September 25, 2018

McDonald's announced that its longtime chief restaurant officer is retiring. Doug Goare has been with the Chicago-based chain for 40 years, according to…

McDonald's raises dividend 15 %

September 21, 2018

McDonald's board has approved the company's 42nd consecutive annual dividend increase, raising the quarterly dividend 15 percent from $1.01 to $1.16 per share…

Striking McDonald's workers: Public doesn't know what we go through'

September 19, 2018

McDonald's workers in 10 cities Tuesday walked out in protest of what they allege is rampant sexual harassment at the chain and poor response to the problem by…

McDonald's workers in 10 US cities to strike Sept. 18

September 13, 2018

McDonald's isn't saying much about its workers in 10 U.S. cities planning to strike Sept. 18 in an effort to push leadership to do more about sexual harassment…

McDonald's invests billions into kiosk-heavy remodels in 6,000-plus US stores

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

McDonald's Corporation is spending $6 billion to revamp more than 6,000 stores throughout the U.S. in hopes of transforming itself into an efficiency expert's…

McDonald's new Chicago HQ: Green roof, 'Work Cafe,' department 'neighborhoods,'

McDonald's corporate HQ blows back into the Windy City with a whole new look and feel that is definitely not your "father's McDonald's HQ."

McDonald's triples tuition assistance

March 30, 2018

McDonald's is vastly reducing the required number of weekly hours, as well as months of employment workers need to tap into its Archways to Opportunity…

McDonald's 'hair-growing fry additive' may pose a PR conundrum

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

Additives are typically shunned in QSR operations today, but news that a silicone additive in McDonald's fries might also help cure baldness presents a true…

McDonald's aims for 'all-green' packaging by 2025

January 16, 2018

Over the next seven years, McDonald's will not only convert all guest-facing packaging to renewable, recycled or certified sources, it will also lean toward a…

McDonald's in Bethesda is world's 1st green-certified location for megabrand

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

In the words of the immortal Kermit the Frog, "It's not easy being green," but one trailblazing McDonald's in Bethesda, Maryland, took on the significant task…