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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
21 hours agoBurger King UK expands despite cost pressures with 60m funding boost - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Burger King UK has secured a £60 million financing package from lenders to support its expansion plans, which include opening over 30 new restaurants in 2026. The majority of these will be company-owned, while some will operate under franchise agreements.
London startup
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
6 days agoMcDonald's Just Built a Gadget That Every Gamer Has Needed Forever - Yanko Design
Archie is a small arch-shaped piece that essentially bridges the two sticks on your controller. It's not a Bluetooth gadget loaded with firmware updates or a subscription service. It's just a clever piece of physical design that does exactly what it needs to do and nothing more.
Video games
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Silicon Valley food
fromFast Company
5 days agoAnother fast food franchise owner has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Will the burger joint close any restaurants?
Fast-food franchisees, including those of Carl's Jr., are facing bankruptcy, impacting the industry and raising concerns about location closures.
fromBenzinga
4 days agoA Vending Machine Business Finally Took Off After Multiple Failed Ideas. Now They Say, It's Not As Passiv
"Vending is NOT fully passive income. I'd call it semi-passive, like 70% passive. Social media makes it look like you fill machines once a month and money rains in."
Online marketing
Online marketing
fromEntrepreneur
6 days agoMost Restaurants Are Missing Out on the Platform That Brings Customers In - Here's What a Google Strategist Recommends
YouTube serves as a powerful discovery engine for restaurants, enhancing audience reach and customer loyalty through diverse content formats.
Growth hacking
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks agoOne Upgrade All Franchises Need to Survive Peak-Hour Pressure
Network infrastructure directly determines franchise operational capacity and revenue during peak hours; degraded connectivity causes transaction failures, customer abandonment, and lost throughput.
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks agoWhy "Waiting for the Right Time" Keeps Future Franchise Owners Stuck
Timing for franchise ownership exists on a spectrum determined by capital, capacity, and clarity rather than being simply right or wrong, with execution ultimately determining success over perfect timing.
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
2 weeks agoFranchise Brands Partner with BrandONE for Growth
Menchie's Frozen Yogurt has established itself as the world's largest self-service frozen yogurt brand. CEO Amit Kleinberger expressed confidence in BrandONE, stating, "BrandONE is a thought leader in franchise development, which means being the proper conduit between brands and aspiring entrepreneurs. Their expertise and integrity make them the ideal partner for our growth strategy." This collaboration aims to refine Menchie's growth strategy and attract seasoned franchise operators.
Food & drink
Social media marketing
fromFast Company
1 month agoMcDonald's knew what it was doing all along with this week's 'Burgergate'
McDonald's CEO's awkward Big Arch burger video went viral, generating millions in earned media value and sparking a competitive cycle of CEO response videos from rival fast food brands.
Miscellaneous
fromTasting Table
1 month ago15 Of McDonald's Biggest Contests And Games To Date - Tasting Table
McDonald's has run numerous contests and games over decades, offering customers chances to win cash prizes and free food, though most promotions have faced controversies including failed promises and FBI involvement.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks agoIf You Had Invested $1,000 in McDonald's or Starbucks 10 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Now
McDonald's franchise model and value positioning generated 235% returns over ten years, significantly outperforming Starbucks' 102% return and matching S&P 500 performance despite lower volatility.
Marketing tech
fromBon Appetit
1 month agoThe Burger CEOs Are Beefing
Modern food and entertainment marketing has become increasingly absurd, featuring unconventional stunts like A24 wedding chapels, Brat credit cards, and protein bar vibrators, exemplified by McDonald's CEO's awkward burger promotion that sparked competitive CEO burger-eating responses.
fromEntrepreneur
4 weeks agoCheck Out the Longest-Reigning Brands in Our Franchise 500
To be part of our Hall of Fame, a company must rank for at least 25 years consecutively. In the Hall of Fame, brands are listed in descending order based on the number of years they have been ranked - starting at the top, with the three companies that have ranked every year that the Franchise 500 has existed.
Marketing
Marketing
fromwww.marketingdive.com
1 month agoMcDonald's reality TV-inspired campaign turns kiosks into confessionals
McDonald's launched the First Job Confessional campaign featuring a reality TV-inspired confessional booth that tours four U.S. cities, offering gift cards for first job stories and social media sharing opportunities tied to National Employee Appreciation Day.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month agoWhat Makes You Notice a Store's Sign, or Ignore It? The Answer Makes This Franchise $115 Million a Year.
Sign-making was treated like a commodity - orders in, banners out - but as thousands of signs came through his shop, he couldn't help but notice the difference between the good ones and the bad ones. He could see that every sign that left his shop was either helping a business get noticed, or letting it disappear in plain sight.
Marketing
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