Restaurants Predicting ecession?

Are restaurant results predicting a recession? - NRN
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Food Cost Climate Improves

Update: food cost climate continues to improve for restaurants
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Deck Chairs Or Revolving Doors?

McDonald's Names Global Brand VP - AdAge
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$15 Min Wage: Biggest Risk to Every Restaurant Company

Every publicly traded restaurant company is going to be hammered by the minimum wage hikes that were approved in New York City and California
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Arby’s Not Into ReFranchising

"...we’re not in the business to drive top-line sales and generate royalty."

Arby’s continues buying up small franchisees
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McDonald's Stock Falls On Brexit Fears

Credit Suisse Downgrade - Yahoo Finance
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Ronald McDonald Recovering From Gunshot Wounds

Ronald McDonald shot outside Sonic restaurant
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Customer Opinion of Quick-Service Chains Surges

Latest research from the American Customer Satisfaction Index
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Burger King's Mac-n-Cheetos

BK hopes to boost sales with this insane new menu item

Tim Hortons Joins the "Two-Fer" Promo Parade

Sonic Doubling Down

Sonic is doubling down on this deal to compete in the fast-food budget battles
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Nation's Restaurant News on Brexit

Brexit could hit McDonald's and other restaurant chains
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New Overtime Rules

5 Steps Business Owners Should Take Now for the New Overtime Rules
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ChiTrib on McDonald's New Headquarters

McDonald's new headquarters plan unveiled; neighbors worry about parking, green space

More on SEIU Union Thugs and Asia

In depth reporting by BlueMauMau's Janet Sparks
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Kalinowski Loses Faith in Burgers

If the Midwest and Northeast have a normal winter the big QSR chains are going to
look pretty bad. Managements of these chains were not honest with shareholders
about how much the balmy winter of '15/'16 helped sales.

Concerns about tough comps in fourth quarter
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Why Work When You Can Live Off the Government?

Why are prime-age men leaving the labor force? - AEI
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Union Thugs Trying to Make Things Difficult in Asia

SEIU targets McDonald’s refranchising efforts in Asia
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Hamburger Intelligence From Analyst David Palmer

David says McDonald's prices for premium products "are perhaps too high" as
compared to Chick-fil-A or In-N-Out (page 4). He ignores the fact that those chains 
don't have a value menu that distorts their pricing structure.

RBC's Capital Markets latest report on McDonald's
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A Chemical Company as McDonald's Chinese Franchisee?

ChemChina Eyes McDonald's
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Restaurants Gaining Ground, But Food at Home Still Wins

Jonathan Maze at NRN goes through the numbers
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Chipotle Lawsuit Accuses Executives of Insider Trading, Misleading Investors

Among a number of shareholder suits
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Sugar is Having a Bad Week

Soda tax hits Philly while M&Ms leave McDonald's - WashTimes
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That's The Chicago Way

McDonald’s Return to Chicago Defies City’s Financial Troubles - Bloomberg
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Brilliant Move By Chick-fil-A

Orlando Chick fil A workers reverse Sunday hours policy to feed volunteers
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And So It Begins

Seattle looks at fee on businesses to fund minimum wage and labor law enforcement
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This ChiTrib Columnist Likes the Move to Chicago

There's some fun history here about the original move to Oak Brook and design of 
the new 1971 office.

McDonald's returning to Chicago because 20 miles away risks being out of it
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Oak Brook Confirms Move Into Chicago

In 1998 McDonald's CEO Jack Greenberg reorganized the seven domestic "Zones"
into five Divisions claiming the move would put management "closer to our customers".
Trouble was, most of the new divisional offices were scattered around Chicagoland.

Today's press release says the move to Chicago will "drive business momentum by 
getting us even closer to our customers".

The only customers McDonald's Corp. will be closer to will be the homeless people
who populate the restrooms in The Loop restaurants.

"McDonald's, welcome back to sweet home Chicago," Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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Franchise Times Discusses Changes in Remodleing Tax Rules

Not for everyone but an idea to look at

Wingstop Takes Orders From Facebook And Twitter

Advertising Age Reports
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McDonald's, Wendy's Win Consumer Dollars Over Retailers

So far this year, consumers have saved more than an estimated $18 billion on gasoline costs
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Rising Minimum Wage - Toll on Domino's

Rising Minimum Wage Taking Its Toll on Domino's Pizza Inc. -- Motley Fool
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The Robots Are Coming

Sushi robots and vending-machine pizza will reinvent the automat - ChiTrib
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Some History of McDonald's Office Moves

McDonald's Oak Brook architect reflects on proposed move downtown in changing times
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11 People Arrested at Chicago Loop Walmart

Wal*Mart is going to be needing their own police force.

11 people arrested in wage protest at West Loop Walmart - Sun Times
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Cos I'm the Taxman, Yeah, I'm the Taxman

The EU is after more tax $$$ from American companies
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French Robbers Hold Up McDonald’s Full of Elite Police

Wrong McPlace - Wrong McTime
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KFC Launching Mobile Payment

Still lagging behind Chick-fil-A on digital
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Why This Is No Ordinary Agency Review

McDonald's Demands Go Beyond Working at Cost - AdAge
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McDonald's Offers Buyouts to Hundreds

McDonald's offers buyouts to hundreds of headquarters employees - Crain's
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Chick-fil-A's New App - Fortune

Chick-fil-A's New App Means Never Waiting in Line Again
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Where's The Beef? - In Great Supply

Taste for gourmet burgers seen heating up U.S beef demand
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McDonald's Makes Its Move

Officially going downtown Chitown
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Starbucks New Line-up of Beverages Called "Cold Bar"

Howard Schultz sees a new multi-billion dollar opportunity
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