Buying a Franchise The Top 20 Fast-Food Franchises of 2016 Where does your favorite chain rank? By Carly Okyle
Business News McDonald’s U.S. Sales Rise for First Time in Two Years The fast-food company's latest quarterly results suggest its turnaround efforts are bearing fruit. By Reuters
Buying a Franchise Why the Most American Fast-Food Chain Is Using Australia as Its Testing Ground Australia is succeeding with a 'very un-McDonald's' approach to fast food. By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise 11 Chains That Now Deliver (If You Live in a Certain Area) Your favorite restaurants are making it all too easy to get your fast-food (and fast-casual) fix. By Kate Taylor
Business News McDonald’s Just Launched a Burger Made of Ground Chicken There are two varieties: classic and tangy. By Hayley Peterson
Online Presence The Story of How McDonald’s All-Day Breakfast Came to Be The fast-food chain will roll out breakfast nationally on Oct. 6. By Kate Taylor
Business News McDonald’s Is Ditching Margarine for Butter The beleaguered fast food company will be using real butter in McMuffins and other menu items cooked with biscuits and bagels. By Katie Little
Building a Business How the NLRB’s Employment Ruling Could Hurt Jobs, Business Growth The NLRB just penalized the only entities providing jobs in this country, in the name of increasing employment. How does that make sense? By Ray Hennessey
Buying a Franchise Iced Coffee Challenge: How Do Fast-Food Restaurants Measure Up to Coffee Chains? In a blind taste test, our team of testers sampled iced coffees from a number of businesses including McDonald's, Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts. By Kate Taylor
Building a Business Here’s What the McWhopper Would Actually Look Like Burger King wants to combine the Whopper and McDonald's Big Mac for one day, in one location. Here's a guide to making it yourself. By Kate Taylor
Building a Business McDonald’s Accused of Illegal Labor, Tax Practices in Brazil The fast-food giant has been the subject of increasing scrutiny around the globe. By Reuters
Buying a Franchise 7 Things McDonald’s Is Testing in America Right Now From all-day breakfast to table service, here are what the chain is testing as it looks to reverse its sales slump. By Kate Taylor
Business News McDonald’s Cuts Jobs as Restructuring Efforts Continue Last month, the fast food giant cut hundreds of positions in hopes to cut $300 million by the end of 2017. By Reuters
Buying a Franchise McDonald’s Turnaround Plan Hasn’t Led to Positive Earnings Yet The fast-food giant has a ways to go until it's the 'modern, progressive burger company' of its dreams. By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise The Secret Menu Items at Your Favorite Restaurant Chains Here's what you should be ordering that isn't on the menu at Chipotle, Starbucks and Taco Bell. By Kate Taylor
Business News McDonald’s Is Doing Something It Hasn’t Done in 40 Years The fast food chain is slimming down. By Laura Lorenzetti
Buying a Franchise McDonald’s Explores Canadian Flavors and Adds McLobster to the Menu The treat is being sold for a limited time in select markets as part of the 'Great Canadian Taste Adventure' campaign. By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise Obama’s Ex-Press Secretary Is Now Working at McDonald’s McDonald's wants to be seen as a 'modern, progressive burger company' with the help of Robert Gibbs. By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise Soon, Google Will Allow You to Order Fast Food Simply by Smiling at the Cashier A preview of Hands Free payment will roll out in the San Francisco Bay area later this year. By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise After More Than a Year of Hurtful Headlines, McDonald’s to Stop Reporting Monthly Sales The chain has decided to stop disclosing its sales figures as frequently. By Kate Taylor
Marketing 5 of the Most Controversial Ads in Recent History From puppy mills to beauty standards, the themes of these commercials provoked polarizing reactions. By Laura Entis
Buying a Franchise 5 Uncomfortable Questions Asked at McDonald’s Company Shareholders’ Meeting Like to complain about McDonald's? You'd fit right in at the company's shareholders' meeting. By Kate Taylor
Building a Business The SEIU Petitions the FTC to Investigate the ‘Abusive and Predatory’ Franchise Industry The partnership between the union and franchisees is far from over. By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise The 8 Craziest Ways McDonald’s Has Tried to Boost Sales In celebration of McDonald's 75th birthday, here are some of the chain's wackiest recent menu items and marketing tactics in the last year. By Kate Taylor
Building a Business Freshii’s CEO Says McDonald’s Franchisees Want to Open Healthy Shops Inside Fast-Food Restaurants Matthew Corrin believes opening Freshii locations in McDonald's would be win-win for everyone involved -- and he says that franchisees agree with him. By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise McDonald’s Secret Plans to Boost Sales Include Faster Drive-Thru, Frozen Lemonade and All-Day Breakfast The fast-food chain dished to franchisees on the details of its turnaround plan. By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise We Tested Chipotle and McDonald’s New Delivery Services. Here’s What Happened. With both chains recently teaming up with Postmates to offer delivery for the first time, we decided to see who came out on top in the battle of the brands. By Kate Taylor