2017 Case Study
McDonald’s Automation Push Is Great News for Investors
Automation is allowing the company to experiment and acting as a buffer against rising labor costs.
Keith Noonan – Mar 4, 2017 at 9:00AM
As one of the world’s largest employers, McDonald’s … (read more at Changes in McDonald …)
Canadian fast food test shows Subway poultry contains only around 50 percent or less of chicken DNA, supplemented by soy
DAN GUNDERMAN: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS – Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 10:48 AM
Subway’s oven-roasted chicken sub sandwhich. A recent CBC investigation determined that the restaurant’s chicken DNA numbers in their popular sandwiches were only around 50 percent. Subway disagreed with the findings.
Soy what!?
A Canadian investigation into the contents in fast-food chicken has shown that Subway’s numbers are quite alarming.
The finding: it’s oven-roasted chicken … Read more at What are we eating in Quick Service Restaurants
Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts Battle for Valentine’s Day Hearts
Both chains have limited-time special products, but they are each using different strategies.
Daniel B. Kline: Feb 8, 2017 at 9:44AM
There was a time when the Dunkin’ Donuts menu barely changed from year to year, let alone seasonally or for each upcoming holiday.
In some ways, the emergence of Starbucks changed that. The cafe chain has made introducing limited-time beverages (as well as food) an important part of its customer acquisition strategy.
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McDonald’s Starts a Price War It Can Only Lose
The world’s largest burger chain will pitch $1 soft drinks and $2 McCafe beverages to turn negative store comps around.
Meet Chef Janine Fourie, the head chef at Big Easy Durban, who will provide Bizcommunity readers with a monthly preview of trends in the food industry. She’s a bubbly chef who is passionate about her world – the kitchen, the food and the possibilities that spark her creativity and her constant experimenting with new dishes and menus.
Food Lover’s Market Holdings has extended its partnership with artisanal coffee brand, Seattle Coffee Company, now also part of the Food Lover’s Market Group. “Seattle Coffee Co. is a much-loved coffee brand, and Food Lover’s Market has had the pleasure of steadily growing our partnership with them through our convenience brand, FreshStop, over a number of years,” says spokesperson Travis Coppin.
“We feel that consumers identify with Seattle’s distinctive brand values, which speaks to fantastic quality coffee, a Direct Trade approach to working with farmers and passionately trained baristas. All of these quali-ties resonate with the Food Lover’s Market approach to offering the best customer experience.”
Today is the era of fast food chains. These food service chains are everywhere and earn hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Americans for one, continue to show their affinity to fast food. According to Lawrence Scholer, a book reviewer from Darthmouth, Americans gulp down millions of pounds of French fries and hamburgers daily. Also, each American eats an average of three hamburgers and four orders of French fries per week. The American love for fast food even led to it being dubbed as the “Fast food Nation.” This affinity to fast food, serves true even for the rest of the world.
