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In an Uncertain Economy, McDonald’s Sees Spending Decline
Even value meals aren’t enough to get anxious consumers to spend. Despite efforts to entice customers to its restaurants, McDonald’s saw…
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A Reporter on Steak Fries: Tasty Spud or Dud?
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. At first,…
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Pizza Hut, Chili’s, Olive Garden: The Death of the Middle-Class Restaurant
When Daniel Cox was growing up in Rochester, N.Y., he spent every Saturday night at Pizza Hut with his father and two brothers. The server…
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Ken Rosenthal, Founder of Panera Bread’s Forerunner, Dies at 81
Ken Rosenthal, who opened a bakery cafe in the St. Louis area, with sourdough bread as its star, and built it into a small chain that…
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The Restaurant That Started Panda Express
This orange chicken has not been waiting for you on the steam table. It has not been bouncing and sweating in the darkness of a clamshell…
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Want Eggs With Your Breakfast? Pay a Surcharge, Waffle House Says.
Anyone craving the all-day breakfast at Waffle House will have to shell out an extra 50 cents for each egg in their omelet or scrambled…
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Starbucks Reports Weak Earnings as It Tries to Woo Back Customers
Since taking over as chief executive of Starbucks last fall, Mr. Niccol has tried to come up with fixes for the many challenges facing the…