It was supposed to be Mediterranean’s moment as Cava Group entered 2025 with growing momentum. After breaking the $1 billion revenue mark, the fast-casual chain, often likened to “the Chipotle of Mediterranean food,” took a tumble this quarter. According to second-quarter 2025 earnings results released Tuesday...
Fast food chains are reportedly seeing a decline in their breakfast business as Americans cut back on spending. Executives from Wendy’s and McDonald’s said this week during earnings calls that their breakfast business is doing worse than other times of day, despite discounts offered by the companies, Bloomberg reported Friday...
Fast food chain Wendy’s is expecting customers to feel financial pressure for the remainder of the year. To that end, the website Nation’s Restaurant News reported Friday (May 2), the company is leaning into value offerings to attract diners after releasing earnings showing a 2.1%...
Artificial intelligence and data analytics firm Palantir is using its military intelligence background to deliver AI-powered solutions to major retailers to reinvent their supply chain network or make operations more efficient. “We took a lot of the learnings from data integration analytics and putting data...
March 05, 2025
The fast food industry is stepping up its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, with market stalwarts including McDonald’s, Yum! Brands and Wendy’s expanding their deployment of the technology to streamline operations, improve profitability and enhance the customer experience. Last week, McDonald’s Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski cited AI adoption among his top three trends […]
August 08, 2025
Fast food chains are reportedly seeing a decline in their breakfast business as Americans cut back on spending. Executives from Wendy’s and McDonald’s said this week during earnings calls that their breakfast business is doing worse than other times of day, despite discounts offered by the companies, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 8). Wendy’s interim CEO and Chief Financial Officer Ken Cook […]
May 04, 2025
Fast food chain Wendy’s is expecting customers to feel financial pressure for the remainder of the year. To that end, the website Nation’s Restaurant News reported Friday (May 2), the...
August 07, 2024
Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Co-op (QSCC), a purchasing cooperative that services more than 6,400 Wendy’s restaurants in the United States and Canada, teamed with Palantir Technologies to accelerate its digital...
March 21, 2024
DoorDash and Alphabet-owned Wing have brought their drone delivery pilot program to the United States. This expansion builds on the pilot program that the two companies launched in Australia in...