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title: "Weekly Franchise News Highlights"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/65f9e98c-a851-4ab5-a094-06f268cfc614
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/weekly-web-roundup-3569
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2016-02-10T21:16:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:25:10.138Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/a1f26ccdfade4276a0a161b0d6166f033395160210120720.png
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# Weekly Franchise News Highlights

**TL;DR:** QSR Magazine's 2026 QSR 50 report highlights the industry's resilience and trends, with McDonald's maintaining its No. 1 position and Chick-fil-A delivering excellent results. Chipotle is recovering from an E. Coli outbreak with a PR campaign.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-02-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/weekly-web-roundup-3569).*

## Story

Chipotle has seen better days. The e. Coli outbreak did no favors for the brand, so the corporate team at Chipotle’s headquarters is doing some recovery PR. First stop on the PR recovery tour was the brand shutting down all of their stores on February 8 to re-train their staff and give them insight into what happened. - Rachel Stolba

This year’s Super Bowl commercials were a little lackluster, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some diamonds in the rough. The Drum found that some of the most shared ads on the Internet varied with Doritos, T-Mobile and Budweiser garnering the most views. - Ryan Paul

In the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, Taco Bell teased they had a new menu item that was going to be revealed during the big game. The brand did not disappoint, as they unveiled the glorious Quesalupa; a combination of a quesadilla and chalupa. The brand could definitely skate by on food alone to promote the brand, but they spent $5 million on a 30-second ad. Money well spent if you ask me. - Chris Zois

An outlier of the Super Bowl commercial fracas was a little seen local commercial for a plumbing, electrical and handy-work company based in Washington, D.C. What made the ad stand out was that Mike Tyson was in it, flashing some of his boxing skills. It was only a 30-second ad, but showed that Tyson has still got it. - Matt Diaz

Starbucks is getting in the Valentine’s Day spirit, as the brand recently unveiled their new line of drinks for the holiday. The coffee brand will have a Molten Hot Chocolate, Molten Chocolate Latte and a Molten Chocolate Frappuccino. - Andi Summers

Uber’s recent unveiling of its new logo was met with a hushed reaction. The brand’s design refresh was met with lackluster reviews and some are attributing CEO Travis Kalanick’s micromanaging as a reason for the dull design. - Michelle Lonnee

In a turn of events that could only be described as ironic, Uber’s head of design recently stepped down. Andrew Crow is credited with helping develop and grow the brand’s design department, but it's interesting he left the company after Uber’s new logo was widely ridiculed. - Brigit Larson

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- McDonald's (company)
- Taco Bell (company)
- Starbucks (company)
- Chick-fil-A (company)
- Chipotle (company)
- Uber (company)
- T-Mobile (company)
- brand redesign (topic)
- menu item launch (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/weekly-web-roundup-3569). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/65f9e98c-a851-4ab5-a094-06f268cfc614).