Business News Netherlands McDonald’s Wants You to Make Music While Eating Dutch designers created a musical placemat. By Benjamin Snyder
Human Resources Check Out Michael Keaton’s Take on McDonald’s Pioneer Ray Kroc in ‘The Founder’ By Nina Zipkin
Buying a Franchise Facing Slumping Sales in India, McDonald’s Makes Rare Change to Big Mac India holds lots of potential for fast food chains, but new competitors have forced big eateries to keep things fresh. By Lindsay Friedman
Buying a Franchise Beer Is Coming to Select Burger King Locations in the U.K. The fast-food franchise says the move is really just its way of catching up with competitors such as McDonald's. By Lindsay Friedman
Business News This Abandoned Floating McDonald’s Is Getting a $4.5 Million Makeover Known as the McBarge, the restaurant has been sitting in Canadian waters for nearly 30 years. By Hayley Peterson
Buying a Franchise McDonald’s Plans to Roll Out a Rewards Program For Customers The system will likely be based on the number of times a customer visits the fast-food franchise each month. By Lindsay Friedman
Business News Taco Bell Joins Breakfast Wars With New $1 Menu The offering will be available Thursday nationwide and served from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., though some stores may offer the menu as early as 6 a.m. By Lucinda Shen
Buying a Franchise McDonald’s Comes to Borat’s Home Country of Kazakhstan The grand opening generated a huge crowd, including the country's president By Lindsay Friedman
Business News Are You in the Top 50 Percent of Earners in Your City? — Start Up Your Day Roundup Plus: McDonald's comes to Borat's home country. By Lindsay Friedman
Buying a Franchise The Easter Bunny’s About to Get ‘McFlurried’ in Australia McDonald's is adding a Cadbury Creme Egg McFlurry to the menu. By Lindsay Friedman
Buying a Franchise McDonald’s Is Adding Kale Breakfast Bowls to Its Menu Last year, the franchise was making fun of the superfood. This year, it's embracing the green. By Lindsay Friedman
Building a Business 8 Things McDonald’s Can Teach You About Business Success One could argue that McDonald's has created one of the greatest business models to follow. By John Rampton
Business Legal McDonald’s Mozzarella Sticks Are at the Center of a New Lawsuit The lawsuit claims the fast-food giant isn't using real cheese in its latest menu item. By Lindsay Friedman
Building a Business Some McDonald’s Mozzarella Sticks Are Missing a Key Ingredient Served without cheese, customers aren't 'McLovin it. By Lindsay Friedman
Business News McDonald’s Sales Surge as All-Day Breakfast Proves a Hit With Customers All-day breakfast was introduced in the U.S. in October. By Reuters
Building a Business McDonald’s French Fries Are Getting a Chocolatey Upgrade For a limited time, McDonald's Japan plans to put a chocolate topping on its fries. By Lindsay Friedman
Building a Business McDonald’s Goes Head to Head With Labor Regulators The burger giant is accused of violating employee rights as a joint employer. By Lindsay Friedman
Buying a Franchise The Top 20 Fast-Food Franchises of 2016 Where does your favorite chain rank? By Carly Okyle
Building a Business European Union to Probe McDonald’s Tax Deals With Luxembourg The EU competition enforcer said McDonald's had not paid any corporate taxes in Luxembourg or the U.S. on royalties paid by franchisees in Europe and Russia since 2009. By Reuters
Business News McDonald’s to Debut Its New Value Menu ‘McPick’ in 2016 Turnaround efforts continue at the world's largest restaurant chain. By Reuters
Business News McDonald’s Ex-CEO Will Help Sell You Vegan Burgers He just joined the board of 'fake meat' startup Beyond Meat. By Laura Entis
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