UPDATE: While National Fast Food Day is over, the deals continue. Many chains have ongoing updates and roll out new specials on their mobile apps. Starbucks also has a free reusable cup giveaway Thursday and McDonald’s has a deal on its Egg McMuffin. A week after National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day, it’s time for another day to “celebrate” food. Tuesday is the National Fast Food Day, and burger joints and chicken chains have specials for the made-up food holiday, held annually on […]
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A Florida-based company that owns the Firehouse Subs chain is in contract to be purchased by a Canadian company that owns Burger King, Popeye’s and Tim Horton’s fast-food restaurants By Associated Press November 15, 2021, 7:48 PM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida-based company that owns the Firehouse Subs chain is in contract to be purchased by a Canadian company that owns Burger King, Popeye’s and Tim Horton’s fast-food restaurants, […]
Lino Lakes, Minnesota, Help wanted sign at McDonalds with great starting pay. Michael Siluk | Getty Images Quick service and fast-food restaurants are facing several headwinds when it comes to solving their labor problems. The pressures have been mounting throughout the year. Seventy-eight percent of restaurant operators said that recruiting and retaining employees was their top challenge in a National Restaurant Association survey in July — in January, only 8% said that was their top challenge. Overall employment in food […]
FOLSOM, Calif. (KTXL) — Local fast-food workers told FOX40 the conditions they’ve been forced to work under need to change, and it is the reason why they hit the picket line Tuesday in Folsom. The demonstration happened in front of a Jack in the Box on Greenback Lane, and workers from fast-food restaurants across the area turned out to speak up. The workers wanted to be loud and clear about the fact that they wanted to be respected on the […]
A number of businesses across the United States are faced with operating with fewer employees, but one viral TikTok showcased a fully-staffed burger joint in Kent, Washington, while noting that the 15 people working earned $20 per hour. In her TikTok that has received almost 780,000 views since it was posted on October 23, user missadriennek wrote that the Dick’s Burgers location was fully staffed, and her order of two cheeseburgers, one deluxe cheeseburger, two orders of fries, one shake […]
It’s no secret that fast food chains are primarily focused on serving meat-based products. But a new report from World Animal Protection, released just in time for World Vegan Day, shows just how far behind most of these restaurants are when it comes to offering any plant-based items. The new report also shows a general lack in sustainability efforts from many fast food companies. Fortunately, at least a handful of restaurants are making strides in offering more delicious, plant-based menu […]
New Jersey… I’m not mad… I’m disappointed. You’re at the top of your game on many things. You have some of the best colleges in the world, you apparently rank high in happiness though some of us doubt that, and you’ve made great strides in women’s healthcare. The only thing that tops your ability to overtax the hell out of your citizens, is your ability to make great food. This is why I found our most-searched-for fast food place surprising. Before […]
A new study shows that chemicals known as phthalates, which have been linked to health problems, have been detected in food from popular chains like McDonald’s, Chipotle and more. The peer-reviewed analysis was published this week in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology by researchers from George Washington University, the Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas), Boston University and Harvard University. The research includes items from McDonald’s, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Taco Bell and Chipotle locations in San Antonio, Texas. Researchers […]
The night staff of a southern Indiana fast-food restaurant walked off the job in protest on Saturday, with the eatery’s patrons left to discover a note saying that the restaurant was unsanitary and the workers were underfpaid. In the note left on the drive-thru speaker of a Jeffersonville Rally’s, the manager wrote that he had “had enough” and that all of the employees had left the building. A reporter from WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, just across the border from Jeffersonville, […]
Photo: Cindy Ord / Staff (Getty Images) Every fast-food employee’s dream: Customers coming in and asking for elaborate items that can’t be found on the established, plebeian menu. This week, the website #HackTheMenu is getting renewed attention as a self-proclaimed one-stop resource for finding so-called “secret menu” items from all your favorite fast-food chains. #HackTheMenu isn’t a new website; we covered the secret menu resource back in 2014, but the recent buzz is thanks to the forefront of digital journalism: […]
