Skip navigation

Why restaurant M&A is picking up

Plus, McDonald’s reworks big policy, and KFC aims to transform

 

On this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss McDonald’s announcement that it would walk back its official DEI policy, and why restaurants still must aim to diversify their talent pipelines.

Plus they talk about KFC and its transformation plan. It’s no secret that the chain had a tough year in 2024, with three consecutive quarters of negative same-store sales and declining system sales, despite high demand for all things chicken. Will this new plan finally bring momentum the brand so desperately needs?

Finally, managing editor Leigh Anne Zinsmeister joins for this week’s extra serving to discuss how merger and acquisition activity is already building in 2025, and what that means for smaller regional brands in particular.

For more on these stories:

Hide comments

Comments

  • Allowed HTML tags: <em> <strong> <blockquote> <br> <p>

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
Publish