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Fast-Food Franchisees Hope for a Turnaround Year in 2025

Signs an inflation-driven slump in 2024 is slowly turning into a rebound include stable pricing and increased sales.
Business - Inc. - November 18
What fast food restaurants will be open for Thanksgiving 2024?

Need a quick bite? Here's what is — and isnt' — open on Thanksgiving.
Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago
Why These Fast-Growing Companies Turned to Private Equity

PE firms get a bad rap. These CEOs partnered with them anyway.
Business - Inc. - November 7
R.F.K. Jr. Scorns Trump’s Fast Food Habit: ‘Really, Like, Bad’

Intent on changing the U.S. food supply under the incoming Trump administration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. passed judgment on the president-elect’s culinary choices during a recent podcast interview.
Top stories - The New York Times - November 13
King champions food poverty project on working birthday

The King is spending his 76th birthday opening new hubs to redistribute food which would otherwise be thrown away.
Top stories - BBC News - November 14
Japan's 'King Kazu' to play 40th season at age 58

Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura is several generations older than his teammates. His contemporaries retired decades ago. Lionel Messi is 37, and Cristiano Ronaldo is 39 - mere youngsters ...
Sports - ESPN - November 13
Why a Focus on Value May Help Fast-Food Chains End 2024 With Renewed Sales Growth

After terrible second-quarter sales and middling-to-poor Q3 results, a recovery for fast-food chains may already be under way.
Business - Inc. - November 6
The latest inflation woe: Your fast-food breakfast now costs 53% more

Prices for the morning meal have surged over the past five years, according to a new study
Business - MarketWatch - November 9
Jon Stewart: Trump made RFK Jr. pay for 'insolence' by making him eat fast food

Comedian Jon Stewart said Monday that President-elect Trump made Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pay for his “insolence” by making him eat fast food. On “The Daily Show,” a clip was played of Kennedy ...
Politics - The Hill - November 19