Major fast food and coffeehouse chains are launching special discounts and promotions aimed to keep customers streaming in during the hot days and months ahead. Who says “happy hour” has to be limited to bars and restaurants that serve alcohol?
Wendy’s was on track to boot Burger King off its perch as the No. 2 hamburger chain in the country, so the King is fighting back by stealing a page from pizza shops’ playbook: In four test markets, the brand is offering home delivery for $2. Would you pay extra to get fast food at [...]
It’s been nearly three decades since Wendy’s started asking America “Where’s the beef?” As it turns out, the question it should have been asking all along was, “What shape is the beef?” The longstanding third-place hamburger chain is on pace to eclipse second-place rival Burger King — thanks in part to a subtle rounding of [...]
The beginning of the year is a tough time for the fast-food restaurant business, when there’s something of a post-holiday lull, if not a mini backlash. Overeating and overspending among consumers is common during the holidays—and so dieting, scaling back spending, and avoiding fast food is common in the period afterward. Or at least attempts [...]
Starting today, Friday, November 5, and continuing on every Friday in November, Burger King is pouring a free 12 oz. cup of Seattle’s Best Coffee for each customer who arrives during regular breakfast hours. One cup per customer per visit, no purchase necessary.
Cooking and eating at home is always cheaper than dining out. So, during a time period when most Americans are trying to live cheaply, fast food chains have gotten particularly creative and aggressive at enticing budget-conscious eaters out of their kitchens and up to cashier.
Well, it’s a must-eat only if you like ingesting this sort of thing, and only if want to pay just $1. In April, the price is going up.
And that’s after numbers dropped off due to the recession. In 2006, 18- to 34-year-old Americans—a group known as “super fans” who have accounted for half of all visits to some fast food franchises—ate burgers, fries, nuggets, and other drive-thru favorites almost 19 times a month.
Where’s the beef? If you have to ask, you haven’t been to a fast food establishment recently.
