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Reviews US fast food brands in 2025 and their collapse. Includes Dairy Queen with a fall of 12% LFL sales.
Found this interesting, blames inflation and fall off in consumer spending, you'd think fast food would be relatively safe, but it isn't.
Many store closures across the US and franchisees handing back they keys. Recognisable brands.
https://youtu.be/Uk0dwmT4hww?si=MHGfuxBuPoU1H0hj
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My personal experience as a frugal consumer is that fast food prices rose in a way that more enjoyable food became just as cheap, or cheaper. I can order Chinese food to go, and feed my family and have some leftovers, or I could get everyone a McDonald's meal and have no leftovers. In the past we did things like share an order of fries, so one person got the sandwich and a value soda. But even that is too expensive now. Pizza for 6 from local places is also cheaper than fast food.
I suspect the large increase in beef prices disproportionately affected fast food, but they were also hit by calls for higher fast food worker wages. Have you heard, the $5 meal deal at McDonalds includes a corporate-to-franchise subsidy to make the prices work? The deal seems to be popular, but it's bare bones pricing for sure.
