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McDonald’s CEO is catching heat for openly worrying about higher gas prices hurting their business while regular people are already getting crushed at the pump and on grocery bills. Worried about fuel costs:$MCD CEO: "Obviously, higher gas prices…are not going to be helpful, particularly for lower income consumers who are already, I think, under pressure" …
This collapse is just getting started. Kids can’t get jobs and fast food giants scramble as broke Americans pull back hard. Labor Force participation is collapsing at a pace only seen during the 2020 crisis. Participation always drops before the official unemployment numbers skyrocket. Of-course that's only if you assume the BLS unemployment numbers are …
And parking… no big deal pic.twitter.com/bSxJlslHtj — Erica Michelle (@Missaarica) February 8, 2026 Super Bowl concession pricing is always inflated, but this year’s menu leaned heavily into “luxury stadium food.” https://www.sportingnews.com/us/culture/trending/news/super-bowl-60-concession-prices-reveal-180-burger-and-2250-beers-levis-stadium/b19bbef4dbf4cdedd2e4c015
The EU needs to eat a much schnitzel and sausage as possible. The US will be having some nice steak. pic.twitter.com/nkdFsl2snm — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) October 8, 2025 This is inaccurate, they approved banning words like “veggie burger” to limit meat descriptions to products containing actual meat. The goal is to protect farmers from big food. …
Here’s How 1 McDonald’s Hamburger contains 1,300 strands of different DNA. This is the result of going from small farms to mega corporations “We’re pooling the bacteria from a thousand different animals” “Thousands of animals” contribute “to a single hamburger” “This is a combo bin of meat. The meat in these boxes comes from many …
SHAKE SHACK IS GIVING OUT FREE BURGERS — IT’S NATIONAL BURGER MONTH, NOT A DRILL Shake Shack is celebrating National Burger Month by doing what other burger joints should be doing: giving you free meat. From May 1 to June 1, you can score a different free burger each week – if you spend $10 …
A popular burger restaurant has been forced to apologise after a customer found a racist message on their receipt – and an employee has been sacked. Fergburger, in the New Zealand tourist hotspot of Queenstown, has welcomed A-listers such as Ed Sheeran but is now making headlines for all the wrong reasons. A customer dined …
WOW: A Cobb County (Atlanta) sheriff is under fire for calling backup to a Burger King after staff got his order wrong and asked officers to get the manager’s name. Sheriff Craig Owens Sr. called for backup at a Burger King after receiving an incorrect order. In body camera footage, he asked officers, “Hey, do …
McDonald's is bringing a bigger, badder burger to the table, The Big Arch 🍔🙌 Featuring two patties, and a new tangy Big Arch sauce. Will you be trying it out? pic.twitter.com/IJNPSO4Zay — Daily Hive Vancouver (@DailyHiveVan) August 26, 2024 After months of anticipation, McDonald’s is finally introducing the Big Arch – its biggest burger to …
Wendy’s is preparing to test an “Uber-style” surge-pricing model where prices will fluctuate throughout the day based on demand — meaning a Dave’s burger will cost more during the lunchtime rush. Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner — who rose to the chief role earlier this month — announced the new system on a call with investors, …
The excitement for the California-based chain’s celebrated patties, fries, and shakes was so intense that hundreds were already waiting for the drive-thru when it opened in Meridian on Tuesday at 9 a.m., much earlier than typical hours, the Idaho Statesman reported. The demand meant it was anything but fast food — with signs soon warning …
by Chris Black The problem Matt Gaetz has is that 95% of Republicans are exactly like Kevin McCarthy and the other 5% are reality TV show celebrities who have no political agenda, just meaningless stunts. I can only come up with three serious conservative figures in the last 10 years. One was Mark Brnovich, whose …
by Chris Black I know we do nothing but complain about the civil court system being totally rigged and corrupt, but Burger King deserves it. Burger King is not a king at all – it is the single mother of burgers. Look at this: Every couple of years, I see their ads that they are …
Burger King is being sued in a proposed class action lawsuit by customers seeking at least $5 million each after the fast food giant is claimed to have portrayed their Whopper burgers as 35% larger in advertisements. Customers in the action have accused the fast food giant of showcasing the burgers with ingredients that ‘overflow …