Red Chains, Blue Chains

"Only five of the 10 CEOs on Eater’s list openly donated to political causes — mostly via 

their company PACs. Just one CEO, Chris Kempczinski of McDonald’s, donated exclusively

to Democrats, giving $2,500 to Joe Kennedy’s Massachusetts campaign for U.S. Senate. 

Most of the other donations went to Republican candidates and PACs."

Which Politicians Are America’s Largest Fast-Food Chains Donating To?

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Person With Zero McDonald's Experience to "Revitalize" HU

 Making the McDonald's learning experience Modern and Progressive - NRN

Kalinowski Survey Says...

McDonald's franchisee optimism highest in over a decade   

McDonald's Veterans Have Warm Memories of "The Ranch"

California Ranch Once Owned by McDonald’s Founder Ray Kroc Asks $29 Million

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Felony Dumb

In 2014 Bloomberg published an article titled "Burger King is Run by Children" because 

BK CEO Daniel Schwartz was only 36 years old and most of his management team was

even younger. It appears that in the six years since nobody at Burger King has grown up.

Who could think that QSR customers are interested in hassling with paying a deposit on 

cups and packaging and then bringing it back to recover their deposit. 

In addition, the world's population will emerge from the pandemic as more "germaphobic". 

Products and processes we found acceptable in 2019 will be unacceptable in 2021. That 

includes cups and packaging that were supposedly sanitized enough for repeated reuse.

Can Burger King's reusable packaging change fast food forever? - MarketWatch

And yet McDonald's Corp. is monkeying around in the same arena.

McDonald's and Starbucks testing RFID cups

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$20 Minimum Wage?

Bernie Sanders makes a play for Biden Labor secretary - POLITICO

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McDonald's Happy Meals Healthier

McDonald's Happy Meals are Still Getting Healthier - QSR magazine

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Nor Do QSR Customers

Pre-Debate Polls: Most Voters Don't Care About Climate Change

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Dining Rooms as Dinosaurs

    Fast-food dining rooms could be a thing of the past

Our Flux Capacitor Takes Us to the Future

At the end of this article the National Restaurant Association lists a few of the impacts 

if the election follows the polls as they stand today.

If the election goes wrong, at the end of 2021, the United States will look more and more like California. By 2024 the United States could look more and more like Venezuela.

Restaurants, Down $200 Billion Already, Prepare for Election Fallout - QSR magazine

Democratic senate candidates have unprecedented  financial advantage

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There's One For You, Nineteen For Me

"IRS issued a ruling that business expenses paid with forgiven PPP funds could not be written off as normal tax deductions."

Restaurants with forgiven PPP loans could face a tax wallop

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An Interview With Franchising Expert Bob Purvin

I first met Bob 20+ years ago when I was trying to expand my franchising knowledge.

He's still fighting the good fight.

Jonathan Maze and Bob Purvin discuss why franchise regulations are due for a makeover

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Tim Hortons Attacks Franchisee Association

Tim Hortons takes aim, again, at one of its prominent franchisees

McDonald's, Chipotle and Domino's feast during COVID-19

McDonald's, Chipotle and Domino's feast during COVID-19 while your neighborhood restaurant fasts - WSJ via Fox Business

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Joe Erlinger Buys Chicago Lakeshore Mansion

McDonald's exec Joe Erlinger buys $2.42 million mansion - ChiTrib
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Prepare For the Return of ADB

On November 9th McDonald's will Corp. will host an expanded, virtual investor 

update with analysts. Unless thoroughly covered in the formal presentation the 

analysts will be asking two basic questions.

* When will all the dining rooms be open? * When will you bring back All Day Breakfast?

ADB was so over-hyped that every profile on Steve Easterbrook mentions that he 

was the guy who brought ADB to McDonald's USA. This puts management in a 

tough spot. They can't downplay the "success" of ADB and admit to the hype in 

previous years. And they can't tell analysts, "The franchisees won't let us".

McDonald's weighs the return of all-day breakfast - The Gazette

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McDonald's Boosts Sales

McDonald's Boosts Sales With Faster Drive-Thrus and Travis Scott - WSJ

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Teens Prefer Chick-fil-A

Even though Piper Sandler interviewed 9,800 teens in 48 states the results in this survey 

cannot be correct.

Chick-fi-A is not modern and progressive. They don't have promotional partners in an entertainment genre that markets obscenities to children. They are making the mistake

of protecting their culture and their family values.

Unless they become hip and "with it" Chick-fil-A is destined to fade into obscurity.

Teens prefer Chick-fil-A by a wide margin

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It's Official: McDonald's Corp. is Run Entirely by Liberals

McDonald's hires chief global impact officer to focus on purpose - Campaign US

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Five Reasons to be Bullish on Restaurants

Restaurant Business Online - Jonathan Maze

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Another LTO Cut Short

Given the shelf life of unfrozen beef it's easy to excuse running out of quarter meat 

but nuggets  are a different story. Prematurely running out of product is not a sign of 

a good promotion. It's a management problem.

McDonald's is running out of its Spicy Chicken McNuggets | Restaurant Dive

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Prayers and Hope for Mr. and Ms. Trump

                            Civilian Donald Trump starring in McDonald's Commercial

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The 2020 QSR® Drive-Thru Study

While the internals of this study are interesting the rankings are questionable.

Chick-fil-A deserves the top spot but McDonald's does not deserve such a low ranking. 

Panera is better than McDonald's? I enjoy Panera's tuna salad sandwich but you 

need a calendar to time their drive-thru service.

Dairy Queen has a better drive-thru than McDonald's? Give me a break.

The 2020 QSR® Drive-Thru Study - QSR mag

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