Burger King parent beats sales estimates on improving fast-food demand
- 07-Aug-2025
August 7, 2025: Restaurant Brands beat quarterly revenue estimates on Thursday, as its marketing efforts boosted demand at Burger King and other brands in the U.S. and international markets. However, higher expenses drove an earnings miss, and sent the company’s U.S.-listed shares down about 3% in early trading. The company leaned on movies such as […]
McDonald’s global sales top estimates
- 06-Aug-2025
August 6, 2025: McDonald’s second-quarter global comparable sales beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, as affordable meal bundles and promotions drew in budget-conscious diners looking to stretch their dollars amid economic uncertainty. Its shares rose 2.3% in early trading as strong demand in the U.S. and international markets powered a 3.8% rise in global same-store […]
Google pulls McDonald’s negative reviews
- 10-Dec-2024
Google on Monday removed derogatory reviews about McDonald’s after the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson was arrested at its restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where police say a customer alerted a local employee about him. The negative comments aimed at McDonald’s were the latest in what is known as “review bombing,” where […]
E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s has ended
- 04-Dec-2024
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday that the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers is over and the investigation has been closed. As of Dec. 3, the CDC said 104 people have fallen ill and 34 were hospitalized due to the outbreak caused by the E. coli […]
McDonald’s brushes off sales hit from E. coli outbreak
- 29-Oct-2024
McDonald’s executives on Tuesday brushed off a potential sales hit from the deadly E. coli outbreak in the U.S., saying that the fast-food giant was past the incident and was looking to revive muted demand through promotions and value menu items. Shares of the company reversed course to trade up about 2% in early trading. […]
McDonald’s rules out beef patties as source of E. coli outbreak
- 28-Oct-2024
McDonald’s on Sunday ruled out beef patties as a source of the E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder hamburgers, which has killed at least one person and sickened nearly 75 others. “We remain very confident that any contaminated product related to this outbreak has been removed from our supply chain and is out of […]
E. coli infections tied to McDonald’s burgers rise to 75
- 26-Oct-2024
The number of people infected by the E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers increased to 75 from 49, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. Of the 61, on whom information was available, the health regulator said 22 persons have been hospitalized. Two of them have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, […]
McDonald’s sued by man sickened in E. coli outbreak
- 25-Oct-2024
A Colorado man has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit against McDonald’s over an E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder burgers that has killed one person and sickened nearly 50 others. The lawsuit, filed in Circuit Court in Cook County, Illinois, on Wednesday, alleges that Eric Stelly ate food from a Greeley, […]
Fast-food chains hold the onions after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak
- 25-Oct-2024
US fast-food chains were pulling fresh onions out of their menu items on Thursday after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s restaurants that has sickened 49 people and killed one. Restaurant Brands International, parent of McDonald’s rival Burger King, and Yum Brands said they were removing […]
McDonald’s head vows to improve safety after E. coli outbreak
- 24-Oct-2024
McDonald’s scrambled on Wednesday to contain the damage from an E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder burgers that has killed one person and sickened nearly 50 others, as it pulled the menu item from restaurants across a dozen states. The outbreak has sickened people across the U.S. West and Midwest, with 10 hospitalized due […]