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Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy focuses on fundamentals amidst intensifying chicken competition

CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. has named Alisa Gmelich President of Hardee’s, effective immediately.

Drive-thru AI remains a major goal for a number of fast-food chains, including two of the four biggest in McDonald’s and Taco Bell.

Restaurants face pushback and risk when integrating AI tools, with 48% of executives concerned about managing risk.

McDonald's uses AI for menu pricing at 14,000 US restaurants.

Fast-food chains are racing to automate one of their most important customer touchpoints.

Pepper Lunch’s Texas rollout is moving quickly from signed franchise agreements to signed leases and openings.

This is from the weekly restaurant finance newsletter The Bottom Line.

The chain said it provides franchisees with tools, resources and recommendations for pricing, but operators ultimately make the decisions over menu costs.

The 2026 Multi-Unit 50 rankings offer a clear snapshot of where franchisee scale is most concentrated across the industry.

McDonald's had $55 billion in sales last year despite negative consumer sentiment.

On average, consumers today spend $100 per week on restaurants, an improvement from earlier this year, but still trailing June 2025 by $15.

Fogo De Chão CEO Barry McGowan credits McDonald's job for leadership style

Taco Bell and other QSR brands are leveraging AI to improve drive-thru experiences with 900 US stores using automated voice ordering

McDonald’s has another pricing problem. Or maybe it’s a semantics problem.

Deep inside McDonald’s Chicago headquarters is a nondescript room with glass doors that at first seems like a glorified storage room.

McDonald’s uses AI to optimize prices at 14,000 US restaurants

Moroch, a leading full-service marketing and communications agency, continues to expand its representation and legacy relationship with McDonald’s, adding over 300 locations in North Carolina to its existing AOR representation in 14 other major market regions.

Restaurant industry's K-shaped recovery hurts middle market with higher costs and price sensitivity

A new report this week from the consulting firm Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) found continued sharp differences in the dining habits of higher-income and lower-income consumers.

The fast food chain wants to be a first-choice restaurant, and will invest across its system to solidify that position over the next decade.

Wendy's has low consumer ratings despite being sixth largest US restaurant chain.

Executives with fast-food chains hoping for relief from the low-traffic environment in the next few years did not get any encouraging words from McDonald’s executives last week.

This is from the weekly restaurant finance newsletter The Bottom Line.