All McDonald’s articles – Page 9
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NewsMcDonald’s sues former CEO over alleged sexual relationships with employees
McDonald’s has sued its former chief executive Steve Easterbook amid allegations that he fraudulently hid details of three “physical sexual relationships” with employees when he was fired last November, the Financial Times reports.
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OpinionWill Eat Out Help Out?
Eat Out to Help Out went live on Monday, and so far the signs are looking every bit as good as rare steak for dinner after you were forced to skip lunch. Of course it’s too early to see total sales for the traditionally quiet early week trading period, but anecdotal and empirical evidence suggests the word ‘unprecedented’ could be due a comeback. I tried to book a table on Tuesday night at Bill’s and the earliest they could offer was 9pm. It was the same at Giggling Squid. Carmona Tapas, a small three strong chain, was empty the last time I went on 5 July. Now it was fully booked.
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NewsOver 72,000 businesses sign up to Eat Out to Help Out scheme
More than 72,000 businesses have signed up to the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which launches today.
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NewsMcDonald’s reopens dine-in at 700 restaurants
McDonald’s will reopen dine-in areas from today across England following a successful pilot.
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NewsOperators lower prices after VAT cut
Starbucks, Nando’s, KFCm Pret and JD Wetherspoon have joined McDonald’s in saying they will pass some or all of the VAT cut to customers.
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NewsMcDonald’s proposes price cuts
McDonald’s plans to cut prices following the reduction in VAT on eating out. It has recommended that franchisees cut prices on Big Macs, Quarter Pounders and Chicken McNuggets, and knocking 40p off combo meal deals and 30p off Happy Meals. It has also suggested a 50p reduction on breakfast meal deals and 30p off McMuffins.
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NewsMcDonald’s rolls out breakfast, reopens further sites
McDonald’s will roll out breakfast to a further 1,250 restaurants today (8 July).
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NewsMcDonald’s to open further 800 takeaway sites, extends menu
McDonald’s will reopen a further 800 sites for takeaway next week as it looks to reintroduce several menu items.
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NewsMcdonald’s to install electric car charging points across drive-thru estate
McDonald’s is to install car charging points in hundreds of its restaurants across the UK. In a partnership with electric vehicle charging network InstaVolt, the fast food giant plans to install ports in the majority of its 924 drive-thru sites, allowing customers to charge their cars up to 80% in under 20 minutes.
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NewsMore openings for McDonald’s this week
McDonald’s is launching a walk-in takeaway service across 250 of its restaurants this week.
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NewsComptoir Libanais, Fuel Juice Bars and D&D London latest in sector reopenings
Comptoir Libanais, Fuel Juice Bars and D&D London are among the latest operators to reopen sites for delivery and takeaway this week.
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NewsMcDonald’s sees signs of recovery in global sales
McDonald’s global sales began to gradually improve in May as it reached the 90% reopened store mark.
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NewsMcDonald’s to relaunch takeaway next week
McDonald’s has announced it is to relaunch its in-store takeaway and click-and-collect offering from next week.
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NewsSnapshot: Going to a McDonald’s drive thru during lockdown
We’ve all seen the headline grabbing queues outside McDonald’s drive-thrus since they reopened last week. So how is McDonald’s handling the pressure? Having heard rumours of a two hour wait time at my nearby McDonald’s drive thru, obviously the only thing to do was to chuck the kids in the car and join in the fun.
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NewsMcdonald’s expands home delivery
Mcdonald’s is offering home delivery at a further 500 restaurants this week.
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NewsOperators announce next wave of reopenings
Dishoom and Crussh are among the latest operators to open their doors this week, whilst the reopening programmes of Loungers, Turtle Bay, Franco Manca and more have started to pick up momentum. Of the larger to-go operators, KFC, McDonald’s and Costa have reached reopening milestones this week, whilst Greggs announced a significant acceleration in its reopening plans.
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NewsSector sees next wave of reopenings
McDonald’s, Greggs and Pret have all announced substantial reopenings this week as they continue to pursue a phased recovery of their large-scale estates. In casual dining, Nando’s, Pizza Express, Tonkotso and Thaikun have opened further sites.
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NewsMcDonald’s to reopen all drive-thru restaurants next week
McDonald’s has announced it will open all its drive-thru stores next week.
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NewsCosta to reopen all drive-thru’s next week
Costa is set to reopen all of its drive-thru stores by the end of next week
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NewsMcDonald’s reopens 39 drive-thru lanes
McDonald’s has reopened the drive-thru lanes in 39 of its UK and Ireland restaurants.