The growth plan includes new retro-style packaging, a chicken platform and expanded drive-thru innovation; the brand creates confusion about its partnership with Beyond Meat after announcing plant-based McPlant menu
Adding a loyalty program and a premium chicken sandwich, announced Monday, are long overdue for the Chicago-based chain, says industry analyst John Gordon; franchisees have been asking for months for a sandwich that can compete with Chick-fil-A
Upfront explanations pay dividends in a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, the family-dining restaurant’s senior vice president of brand strategy and innovation says
Visits at McDonald’s are improving since the peak of the pandemic but still remain well below positive levels from January and February, according to data firm Placer.ai