Anonymous Comment of the Week

"Does anybody have the gifts to stand up and say that the absurd app discounting equates to completely unprofitable transactions? The last few days have resulted in 10 percent guest count increases with no sales increases and a rise in base food of over .3 percent to basically give away chicken nuggets and double cheeseburgers. All done to fix their mistakes on faulty McCafé machines and bad supply chain that caused Ecoli…. Can’t wait for the new mcvalue menu!"

Originally posted at: McDonald's ends year on strange note

N.C.Supreme Court Says Insurers Cover Covid Losses

North Carolina Supreme Court rules in favor of restaurant operators

McDonald's vs. FBI

McDonald's surpasses FBI in shooters apprehended in 2014

"Not again," sighed Director Wray, handing over his resignation. "I don't know how McDonald's does it. How did they beat us at arresting shooters, all while making perfectly crispy fries, a solid breakfast, and surprisingly good coffee? We just can't compete with the golden arches." (Babylon Bee)

This No Way to Run a Growth Company

Maria Bartiromo interviews Northern California Owner Scott Rodrick

McDonald's owner closes two CA locations due to minimum wage hike

How Does My Menu Grow?

The worst way to gather customer feedback is to go to the internet. Comments and reviews are so cluttered with bizarre and phony comments the dialogue means nothing. This has ruined consumer reporting in that reporters can spend a few minutes online, pulling down a few negative comments and come up with a headline saying, "Social media is aflame!" or "Customers are crying out for_____." 

To make it worse, corporate employees read these comments and go on to make all the wrong decisions.

The following article is nothing new but is a great example: a few customer comments, and McDonald's feels the need to expand the menu. In this case, the McPres of the USA says, "The Snack Wrap will be back in 2025,” Erlinger said. “It has a cult following, I get so many emails into my inbox about this product.”

Of course, his handlers wrote that for him, having no idea what the change would do to the operation or if it would sell. They only want an eye-catching headline and new product news for the analysts. Using the internet for customer research is a very, very lazy way to do business.

Always listen to your "customers" - then - do what's best for your business.

McDonald's bringing back cult favorite - AOL

McDonald's Ends Year on Strange Note - Maze

Trump, Ecoli, CosMc's, Altoona, $5 Meal Deal etc, etc.

Ecoli - "It prompted the company to invest $100 million, including $35 million for marketing and the rest to help franchisees whose sales were hurt the most." 

Democrats Fail to Dominate NLRB

Senate votes out McFerran, considered to be the architect of Joint Employer

Under Trump, three of the five members of the NLRB could be Republicans.

And It Happens Fast

It could be AI, but this happened only a few hours ago, and already we have the memes. 

Does the McDonald's employee identifying the "person of interest" get a reward?

Everything Happens at McDonald's

The man was taken into custody after police got a tip that he had been spotted at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania

DEI Still in the News

Former Target CEO comments on corporate "wokeness" (5 min video)

"Sopranos" star calls DEI "raceist"

Anonymous says:

Anonymous has left a new comment on our post "Value Meals Killing Our Bottom Line".

To quote billionaire Mark Cuban, “ too many businesses concentrate on sales rather than profit, which ultimately leads to their failure”. ARE YOU LISTENING?

California Lost 4,256 Jobs: Feds

"According to Revenue Management Solutions, a company that analyzes restaurant transactions to optimize menu pricing, California menu prices in June were up 7.5% year-over-year, but foot traffic is down — nationwide menu prices were up 3.1% with foot traffic down 3.6% compared to the year prior. This decline is a clear indication that customers are opting to skip a fast food visit altogether rather than pay higher menu prices,” said RMS.     The Center Square - California

Pizza The Hut

Pizza Hut prototype focused on drive-thru and take-out.

Is Your POS a P.O.S.?

McDonald’s in parts of the world had to suspend operations

Is This a Good Thing? ... Or Bad?

This week's Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade was delayed for an hour because political demonstrators blocked the route. Of course, this was a huge press event that happened directly in front of Ronald McDonald's ballon. Across the world, there are pictures and videos of Ronald appearing to be supervising or involved in the demonstrations. Let's hope it looks like he disapproves.

Walmart Biggest Company to Dump DEI

Joining a growing list of major companies to do the same

McDonald's Corp DEI policy statement

Breaking: Subway CEO to "Retire"

Did franchisee resistance force him out?

Or, maybe, when your only ideas are more and more discounting you become useless?

"Value Meals ‘Killing Our Bottom Line" ...

... Say Subway operators through their franchisee association

Maze on McValue

McDonald's launching "McValue" next year

“We worked closely with our franchisees to create a new platform that will let our customers define value on their own terms.” Pres. MCD USA

California Voters Reject Min. Wage Increase

Let's not get too excited. California's history is that the voters speak, and the elected officials go around the voters and pass bad laws anyway. Or, the bureaucrats in Sacramento make up regulations that have the force of law.

Measure would have raised wage to $18, highest in the nation

McDonald's Value Offerings for 2025

The strategy is pending approval from franchisees but is expected to pass

Opinion From the International Franchise Association

By Matt Haller, President of the IFA

Three ways Trump administration can revitalize franchising

And Who Did McDonald's Corporate Employees Vote For?

 Aboard Trump Force One

Do They Represent the American Diet?

With the sanctimonious talk about the American diet, here are two of the most popular entertainers in our culture today.

Country Western Star Jelly Roll and rapper Lizzo. Good examples for our youth, right?

I couldn't find a picture of Jelly Roll in a bathing suit, but as you can tell, he easily tops 300 lbs. The facial tattoos are a nice touch. Another good example for the kids.

I remember when country western music was supposed to be the wholesome alternative to rap "music".

When will one or both of these celebrities be chosen as McDonald's promotional partners?

Trump's Win Puts DEI on Life Support

Now he'll pull the plug - NYPost Opinion

McDonald's HQ Being Gracious?

Related to the onion outbreak:

The Wall Street Journal reports that McDonald's is "investing about $35 million into marketing for its U.S. business" and "a total of $65 million into supporting franchisees who have lost business."

Putting This Here ...

Because creating it took some real skills

Subway Unviels New Restaurant Design

 

“Fresh Forward 2.0.” Rolling out globally in 2025

I've always said you have to be stoned to invest in a vegan restaurant

Mr. Charlies is often referred to as the vegan McDonald's

Parent company of Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand buys vegan franchise

One Reason Food is So Expensive - Government

Costco was forced to recall 80,000 lbs of butter because it was not labeled "contains milk."

Will McDonald's Save Krispy Kreme?

Krispy Kreme Momentum in McDonald's - QSR

C-stores struggle against QSR Discounting

"Among c-store operators who consider their foodservice programs to be in direct competition with QSRs, three-quarters said they are specifically concerned about McDonald’s value meal offerings on their own traffic and sales for foodservice"

Restaurantbusinessonline

QSR Breakfast Inflation - Marketwatch

Quotes our friend analyst Mark Kalinowski

Menu prices 77% over five years ago?

Boeing Grounds DEI

Elon Musk on DEI: “Do you want to fly in an airplane where they prioritized DEI hiring over your safety? That is actually happening,” Musk said on X.

In a subsequent post, Musk wrote: “People will die due to DEI,” 

Boeing dismantles DEI department - NY Post

Wendy's to Close 140 Stores

Attempting to Convince Shareholders that QSRs are a Growth Industry

* In most chains, new stores typically pay higher franchise fees and royalties than older stores.

* As Wendy's has acquired many franchisees over the years, the corporation has likely developed a real estate portfolio that needs trimming. In many locations, a QSR is not the highest and best use of a property. Wendy's (and other chains) can close the store, sell the property, and book a tidy gain. Let the franchisee pay to build a new store down the street and pay higher fees.

Wendy's to close 140 restaurants

Rise of the Machines

Franchisees are given the right to fix their own machines

McDonald's Q3 Results

McDonald's press release

McDonald's sales momentum - Maze

Q3 2024 Earnings conference call transcript - Motley Fool

Democrats Blame Trump for E.coli Outbreak

"That man stuck his hands in the fries, and McDonald’s had E.coli like the next day,"

Who would vote for such people? Or give them money?

Political Payback From D.C.

We've posted a lot of fun items this week, but this might be the best. Three elderly politicians think they can understand how a franchise system determines pricing. Not even their brightest young aid can make them understand. This is like V.P. Harris. She keeps trying to throw money around, but it's obvious she doesn't understand the difference between a tax deduction for a small business and a direct cash payment from the government. She also doesn't understand that small businesses don't need a tax deduction for many tax years, especially start-ups.

Three Democrat Senators attack McDonald's for hosting Trump visit

McDonald's Sold Chipolte Early

At one time, McDonald's owned around 90% of Chipotle

Denny's Downsize

 Denny's to close 150 stores - NPR

Fox News on Trump's McShift

"Outnumbered" discusses Trump @ McDonald's - YouTube - eight min.

Trump Forced to Cancel Final Two Weeks of Campaign

Request denied by McDonald's manager - The Bee

Music Video

Wesley Hunt is a Congressman from Texas and a West Point Graduate

 

Trump Now One in Eight

   Well, I was right; that was fun. We'll see if it has any long-term impacts. For now, McDonald's is the official restaurant of the Trump campaign, and you'll never know how many Harris supporters will pass McDonald's and pull into a competitor's drive-thru.

   Now that the event appears to have short-term positives, Joe E. has jumped on the bandwagon and published a letter making it sound like it was his idea. That's kind of sad. And whoever on Joe's long list of support staff thinks that Kamamala Harris would copy Trump and also spend some time in a McDonald's is way, way overpaid.

   So, I'll remain glad that Trump pulled off a political coup but apprehensive about the long-term impacts on the McDonald's system.

Trump on Happy Meal Toys - The Bee

 

Trump promises to bring back good Happy Meal toys

You're on Fries Mr Trump

This sounds like fun, so I may be jealous, but it could backfire with international repercussions. McDonald's dodged a bullet in Israel with an ownership change, but these days it's risky to have a potential U.S. President appear to have a favorite global restaurant brand. Plus, McDonald's USA serves millions of Democrats every day.

Isn't this contrary to the Election Season guidelines published earlier this year?

Trump will do everything at Pennsylvania McDonald's

Tax Refresher for 2024

What your small business can do to lower taxes for 2024 - Quick & Assoc.

Harris Asks for Job Back at McDonald's

Immediately after leaving the Fox News interview, Kamala Harris called McDonald’s to see if she could, by chance, get her old job back.

Cashier, drive-thru, onion lady. I just need a job.

Clinton Still Loves McDonald's

Bill Clinton mistaken for Joe Biden at McDonald's - video

Republicans spend big at McDonald's and Chick-fil-A

All I Know is What I Read in the Wall Street Journal

The WSJ's coverage of McDonald's lawsuit against various beef suppliers includes the following partial sentence: "Eligible franchisees could receive a portion of recovered funds or a credit toward future purchases."

* What is an "Eligible" franchisee? * Aren't they all?

* Are there McDonald's Operators in the USA who don't sell beef products?

* Who ultimately paid for the finished product delivered to the restaurants?

QSRs Help in Hurricane Relef

CFA, Dennys, Dominos, McDonald's - Franchise Wire

Samaritan' Purse 

McDonald's Apparently Wins $5 Meal Battle. But,

 "more of their customers are ordering discounts, which can hammer profit margins."

McDonald's Corp Sues Meat Suppliers

Allegedly conspiring to fix the price of beef

Occasionally, McDonald’s Corp. gets a little slap-happy with litigation. Like a hammer thinking everything looks like a nail, the legal department thinks every corporate challenge looks like a possible lawsuit.

This “management by bullying” peaked in the late 1990s when the company was suing everyone and threatening every Owner/Operator. Part of the problem was that one of McDonald’s directors was a prominent Chicago attorney who was a partner at a prominent Chicago law firm. Conveniently, said firm handled most of the company’s litigation.

This compulsion fizzled out around the turn of the century with all the changes in CEOs and directors. 

If they give a pajama boy an unlimited legal budget, it can be a control freak’s dream. Let’s hope not.

Keep Your Eyes on Your Fries

Lamb Weston cuts plants and staff - CNN

National Companies Running From DEI

• The list grows - Molson Coors, Ford Motor Co, John Deere, Lowe's, Harley-Davidson, Tractor Supply Co. and more.
• Toyota latest company to move away from DEI

Is Starbucks Too Expensive?

 This survey says: Yes - Maze

Only Twenty Years?

 Arcos Dorados signed up for another term

A Hurricane Helene Donation Opportunity

Samaritan's Purse, lead by Franklin Graham

MCD Shares Break Records

Back in June, we discussed, with some alarm, that McDonald's share price had drifted down to the mid-$200 range.

Is anyone watching the MCD stock price? - 6/18/24

We should now recognize that the MCD share price has finally topped $300 over the past week, driven by market momentum and an announced increase in the MCD dividend.

However, in the longer term, the increase comes from investors' confidence that McDonald's Owner/Operators will continue to follow corporate discounting plans.

Congratulations to MCD shareholders.

MCD Insider Sales (Nobody's Buying?)

NYSE: MCD stock report - Yahoo Finance

Give Franchisees a Break on Remodels

Want franchisees to get on board with remodels? Opinion by Maze

Don't Miss This Comment...

Anonymous says:

"When the pandemic hit, CK and the entire company sheltered in place while *we* worked in our restaurants and kept the business running alone"

The original post is at:

When the pandemic hit...fegroupblog

Are We Done With McHarris?

This is one last post about the Kamala Harris and McDonald's issue. It seems to have run its course, and I'm told she isn't going to use McDonald's in her commercials anymore. That doesn't mean Trump/Vance won't still mention it, but probably with less frequency. It is disappointing that news reporters in their 20s and 30s expect businesses to produce employment records from forty years ago. Of course, if Kamala hadn't ever worked at McDonald's, there would be nothing to reveal.

Harris touts her time working at McDonald's. Will it help? - LA Times

McDonald's & Dunkin' Most Popular QSRs

87% of households visited McDonald's at least once in the last 12 months

Study of McDonald's $5.00 meal deal by same research firm (name and e-mail required)

Multiple Issues at Subway

Meat slicers, store remodels, discounting, etc. - Franchise Times

As Expected, $5 Meal is Forever

“Together with our franchisees, we’re committed to keeping our prices as affordable as possible,” Joe Erlinger

First McDonald's Paycheck

https://x.com/i/status/1833592944869388675

Subway Franchisees Send in Zarco

In change from Coke to Pepsi some balk at signing agreements - Maze

Breakfast Optional at Taco Bell

Franchisees have the option to serve or not to serve breakfast

Former McDonald's VP Makes Good

It doesn't happen that often that a former McDonald's exec goes on to a successful position elsewhere. Debbie Stroud appears to be the exception.

Whataburger CEO retiring - Stroud takes post - Rest Business

https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-stroud-88149540/details/experience/

Life is Political - Like it or Not

Kamala Harris' claim that she once worked for McDonald's continues to attract considerable attention. So far, McDonald's Corp. has responded with "no comment." While this is dangerous ground because no corporate favor can be shown to any candidate, isn't this a chance to reinforce the fallacy of the Joint Employer concept? 

Shouldn't one of the pajama boys be able to put together a statement that says, "These people don't work for us, and we know nothing about them?" And/or "We don't keep records of franhiceee's employees?"

A proper nonpartisan statement would be better than leaving the questions hanging, which only allows the media to speculate that McDonald's Corp. is hiding something.

McDonald's is getting a lot of attention on the campaign trail - Yahoo

High End Burger Chains Struggling

"Burgers are great and people still love them. But there are a lot of brands that sell them, so if you’re going to get into the business you’d better be on your game" - Jonathan Maze

And McDonald's management is focused on testing a larger, more expensive hamburger?

Big Arch - massive and satisfying - review

Who Actually Owns McDonald's?

It's good to review these numbers once in a while - Yahoo Finance

Insiders? - Less than one percent of outstanding shares

Restaurant CEO Turnover

A lot of restaurant chains have changed CEOs this year - Maze

Does Taxing "Unrealized Gains" Include Business Equity?

This $100 million excludes many people, but it gets the government involved in measuring a citizen's level of wealth. Where else do they do that? Your bank does it - does the IRS? This takes me back to Trump's first Presidential campaign when the liberal media was frantic to get hold of his tax returns. They thought they could determine his net worth from his returns.

For taxpayers with $100 million in total wealth - CATO Institute

Analyst Prediction: These 2 Challenges Will Become Full-Blown Problems for McDonald's Share Price

For years the business model worked well, but its franchisee/franchisor relationships have seemingly become lopsided - Motley Fool

Chick-fil-A Takes Flight

 

Chick-fil-A opens 2-story drive-thru concept

(pictures)

Former Carl's CEO on Kamunisum

Andy Pudzner on the future of our economy - Fox Business video

McDonald's to Cannibalize Stores in the United Kingdom

Opening 200 new stores in U.K. and Ireland - Morningstar

Former President Clinton Jokes About McDonald's

Former President Bill Clinton cracks joke about legendary love of McDonald's

Politicians After Food Sources

Will restaurants be the next target? - Restaurant Business

Raise Wages and Energy and Then Complain About Inflation

There are only a few baby steps between government controlling grocery store prices and government controlling restaurant menu prices.

Price controls could create more problems than they solve - CNN

Harris After "Price Gouging" in Food

Will propose ban on “corporate price-gouging” in the food industry

Egg Prices Up - ABC / Yahoo

Egg prices continue to soar

Food inflation sticks around

Wall Street Journal on McDonald's Politics

The WSJ looks at McDonald's Owner's recent lobbying attempts, apparently directed by a guy named Gonda. Warning - paywall.

McDonald's throws its weight into local elections

Starbucks Steals CEO From Chipolte

Brian Niccol named CEO of Starbucks - Maze

Keeping Abreast of the Tyson Family

Youngest Tyson & company CFO misbehaving

VPOTUS Has the Answers

I will fix things - Babylon Bee

Arizona Restaurant Association Wins One

Initiative for $18 minimum wage beaten back - for now 

First POTUS to Have Worked at McDonald's?

Kamala Harris - Free enterprise expert - Daily Beast 

Go Big or ???

Peter Romeo from Restaurant Business with a 10 minute podcast about McDonald's history. One correction, if I heard him right he has the McDLT after the Arch Deluxe. Actually, the McDLT was introduced in the 1980s, the Arch Deluxe was from the mid-1990s.

Otherwise, it's very educational if you are being asked to invest in a new product.

McDonald's past attempts to go big - Restaurant Business

Top QSR Chains

Top USA QSRs ranked by sales - QSR mag

Shake Shack Not Shook

Shake Shack not feeling same pressures as MCD - Yahoo

McBears and Bulls

Some have observed that we've been paying a little more attention to the stock market lately, particularly McDonald's (MCD) shares. That would be correct.

Over the decades, when McDonald's was a growth company, the factors that impacted the MCD share price have been numerous and complex. Be it new products, more new stores, fewer new stores, drive-thrus, playplaces, promotions, pandemics, etc.

But these days, it's pretty simple. The most important thing will be same-store sales in the United States. International markets will play a part, but Wall Street will judge the company's performance based on what happens in the USA. It's doubtful new products will be a factor, and major remodels will be impossible to sell, so it comes down to one thing - how much discounting will domestic Owners/Operators be willing to accept?

It will be easy to draw a straight line between U.S. same-store sales and MCD share price. It's going to be a simpler but more interesting time.

Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic about McDonald's - Zacks

Big Arch Included in the $5.00 Meal?

 

Promoting a large, expensive new sandwich is odd when everything else is about "value." The food cost on such a sandwich will necessitate a substantial retail price.

However, investors demand a new product pipeline and this will keep them satisfied for a while. Very few MCD watchers understand that the system can't sell high-end products while distracting customers with deep discounts.

McDonald's bigger burger

Video: McDonad's CEO at Paris Olympics

I'm sure he enjoyed the opening ceremony - YouTube

MCD 2Q Conference Call Transcript

Provided by Seeking Alpha

MCD 2Q '24 Sales Disappoint

Analysts expected MCD USA to be up 0.9% : instead, down 0.7%

No Beef For You!

The topic, particularly on red meat, has resurfaced since Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for the presidency.

Kamala's campaign against red meat

Lamb-Weston on Restaurant Business

Lamb-Weston paints a tough picture - Maze 

MCD Issues Quarterly Dividend

McDHQ press release

Dividend history - NASDAQ

Analyst Kalinowski on $5 Meal Deal

McDonald's franchisees are divided - NRN

MCD Insider Trading

MCD USA Pres continues selling MCD shares - Yahoo

A Forgone Conclusion

McDonald's to extend $5 meal deal - Bloomberg

QSRs Face Disgruntled Customers and Investors

Opinion from Seeking Alpha editors

IFA Endorses JD Vance as VPOTUS

"We applaud the selection of Senator Vance as President Trump’s running mate"

Joint Employer Rule May be Dead

NLRB ends attempt to expand joint employer rule - QSR mag

Larry Light Passes

AdMan who developed "I'm lovin' it" dies at 83 - NYTimes

Analyst: MCD USA $5 Meal to Extend Through Summer

BTIG warned that McDonald's is seeing soft sales trends amid a mixed consumer response to the fast-food chain's $5 Meal Deal.

FTC Tells Franchisors - No Junk Fees

Told franchisors to stop charging their franchisees “junk fees” not disclosed in their franchise agreement - Maze

"The agency also said that franchisors can’t take action against franchisees that take complaints about the business to the government."

Mr. Wonderful on Restaurants

Kevin O'Leary warns of restaurant apocalypse - Yahoo

A Letter From Melanie Trump

 I am thinking of you, now, my fellow Americans. (continued HERE)

U.S. FTC Warns Franchisors Over Unfair Business Practices

McDonald's NOA comments calling climate "dictatorial" - Reuters

Discounts Working ... Well, Maybe

Restaurant discounts doing their job - Maze

End of Redbox

Shutting down with parent bankruptcy - Variety

Anonymous McGossip on X

@McFranchisee (Twitter - formerly @MCDtruth) claims that the typical

U.S. store will receive one case of 250 Black Garlic packets. Is that worth

while of a promotion? Sounds like a half-day supply.

                               Picture courtesy of @mcfranchisee - click to enlarge

Barbell Strategies

During one of the previous burger wars, a QSR corporate head (I think he was from Burger King) coined the phrase "Barbell Menu." The term was used to describe pricing that brought customers into the restaurant with the hope they'd forego the discount and move up to more profitable menu items. 

Today, we have a different "barbell menu" this one is more of a corporate strategy. The only "new" idea the corporate guys can come up with is discounting. But they can't admit to investors that price-off is their only idea, so they'll try to deflect attention to new product promotions. This works well because analysts and reporters are always expecting new product news. And, if there is no new product news, they'll criticize management for not having a "healthy product innovation pipeline".

If the discounting works, management will credit the new products. If sales haven't improved, they’ll blame the American consumer.

And everyone else in the system will be left asking, “How did our menu get so big and complicated?”

McDonald's has a very busy week planned - NRN

Opinion by Andy Puzder

Blame Bidenflation for holiday food costs

McDonald's NASCAR Chicago Street Race

 

Well, it wasn't really a "McDonald's" race, the first Chicago NASCAR race (2023) just looked that way based on photos and videos. I watched most of last year's race live and was surprised at how much visibility the McDonald's logo received. McDonald's banners covered many of the walls and barriers that made up the racecourse. These banners always seemed to be on camera. I couldn't help but wonder how much this cost.

Later, I learned the facts. Because it rained for much of the race, the TV cameras installed on high-up scaffolding or on the sides of buildings were temporarily disabled, leaving the ground-level cameras to cover the race. This meant shooting straight across the course with the racecars in the foreground and the McDonald's banners constantly in the background.

It sure looked like a race entirely sponsored by McDonald's.

McDonald's Australia Cuts Breakfast

... in response to egg shortages caused by the bird flu outbreak 

Flying Around in a Corporate Jet

He started ranting about all the cow-produced methane - Babylon Bee

Investors Don't Like McDonald's $5.00 Meal Deal

$5 menu has not impressed investors - 24/7 WallSt

McPlant Gets Final Burial

Disscussion by McPres at WSJ Global Food Forum

Inflation vs. Chick-fil-A

Customer satisfaction scores may be slipping - Rest. Business

Vote and Vote Again Until You Get it Right

Joe, President McDonald's USA on $5.00 meal - Today Show

‘Zarco Law Awarded “Best Law Firms” National Tier 1 in Franchise Law by Best Lawyers of America© as listed in US News and World Report’

MCD Insider Sales Continue

Pres MCD USA sells 1,098 shares - Yahoo

 

Bloomberg on McDonald's $5.00 Meal Deal

“Think about our scale,” he (Elinger) said, noting that the incremental cost of adding fries and a drink to a sandwich was minimal. 

McDonald's $5.00 value meal intensifies a fast food price war

Sunset Blvd Arby's Closes After 55 Years

 

Operating in California no longer makes sense.

Is Anyone Watching the MCD Stock Price?

This year, the price has drifted from $300 to $250. Only two things can turn that around: * several miracles in international markets or * McDonald's Owner/Operators in the USA can discount their menus and invest in promotions until same-store sales turn around.