One private equity firm controls more than a dozen of the biggest restaurant chains

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Roark Capital has acquired or invested in restaurant brands from Subway to The Cheesecake Factory.

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Soaring fast food prices encourage Big Mac junkies to cook at home

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Some Americans say they're cooking more at home as fast-food prices soar.

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There's a silver lining to California's $20 fast-food wage, restaurant bosses say: it's attracting better workers

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Sorry Grimace, McDonald's doesn't care about your birthday this year

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McDonald's made a huge deal out of Grimace's birthday in 2023. This year, he didn't even get a cake.

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We finally have some evidence that California's new $20 fast food wage is hurting business

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A worker helps a customer at a Burger King restaurant on May 08, 2024 in San Rafael, California.

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Starbucks is copying the fast-food value playbook with its new $5 and $6 breakfast combos

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How America's largest buffet survived the death of all-you-can-eats

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TGI Fridays may have found a surprising solution to its struggling business

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TGI Fridays closed 36 restaurants in the US on January 3.

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These are all the Red Lobster restaurants the company wants to close

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Red Lobster has already closed dozens of restaurants throughout the US.

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Three gig workers explain how they got deactivated on apps from Doordash to Walmart's Spark

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Some gig workers have had to deal with having their accounts deactivated.

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