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Jack in the Box is expected to shutter several restaurants in the coming days, as it works to meet the closure target outlined in its “JACK on Track” strategy earlier this year. Early this year, the fast-food chain said it would be shutting between 150 and 200 locations under a block closure program, including 80 to 120 by December 31. According to Fox Business, Jack in the Box has closed 72 stores since the April announcement.

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - A Grand Island man has died in what police are calling a “freak accident” in a McDonald’s drive-thru Tuesday morning. Police and firefighters were called just before 10:30 a.m. to the McDonalds on 2nd Street, where they found a man trapped between his vehicle and the fast food restaurant payment window. He was taken to the CHI St. Francis emergency room, where he was pronounced dead. Grand Island Police Division Chief Dean Elliott said it was “100% a freak accident”. “It appears the deceased opened the door to further reach out the window for payment purposes.”...

A viral post featuring a notice from a local McDonald’s restaurant is drawing new attention to concerns about rising crime in Uptown Minneapolis. Attached to a door, the sign reads: "Attention guests, effective Friday, December 5th, our dining room doors will be locked and attended [to] during our normal business hours of 5am-10pm to ensure a safe environment." "We will deny access to any individual who we consider a risk to maintaining a safe environment for our guests," it continued. McDonald's confirmed the notice to Fox News Digital. Mike Darula, local owner and operator of the franchise, told Fox News...

The response has been so overwhelmingly hostile that McDonald’s were forced to pull the advert after just three days – and their folly has cost them a fortune.Be afraid, be very afraid. That’s what we’d been told in the advertising and commercial production industry. AI is coming for your job. It’ll be faster than you, more creative than you and certainly more cost-effective than you. Well, if the McDonald’s new – but swiftly deleted – Christmas ad was anything to go by, we haven’t, for the moment, got too much to worry about. The completely AI ad was produced for...

Where’s the beef? The better question may be what’s in the beef. What’s believed to be the world’s oldest McDonald’s Quarter Pounder is about to celebrate a milestone birthday. Casey Dean and Eduards Nits purchased the Quarter Pounder — since dubbed the “Senior Burger” by its keepers — from a Golden Arches location in Australia back in 1995, and this November, the old burger turns 30. Dean and Nits have kept the Senior Burger carefully wrapped in its original, McD’s-stamped beige paper packaging all this time — though it looks like it hasn’t aged a day. Despite having never been...

Does anybody have any recommendations for restaurant apps that have NOT turned into sick jokes? I say this because I have a bunch of fast food restaurant apps on my cell phone and lately they have all turned HORRIBLE with high prices. Oh, yeah, on the BK app they offer BOGO Whoppers. Sounds good? Right? WRONG! The offer is for IMPOSSIBLE Whoppers which are NOT burgers because they are NOT real meat thus making it IMPOSSIBLE for me to eat.I checked my McD app yesterday and on the Extra Value Meals EVERYTHING was expensive. You can forget about the days...

A drive through McDonald’s steered by a pair of babies stole the show at the White House on Thursday night as Donald and Melania Trump played host to an army of trick-or-treaters.The US president smiled and joked while passing out Hershey chocolate bars wrapped in custom blue boxes emblazoned with the presidential seal alongside the First Lady.Dozens of carved jack-o-lanterns filled with lights decorated the White House’s sprawling staircases while a military string ensemble played an array of spooky covers.Mr Trump emerged from the White House’s southern entrance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ just two hours after returning from a gruelling...

Tokyo — McDonald's Japan has canceled a Happy Meal campaign that came with coveted Pokemon cards, apologizing after resellers rushed to buy the meals and then discarded the food, leaving trash outside stores. The meals, called Happy Sets in Japan, were meant for children. They came with a toy, such as a tiny plastic Pikachu, and a Pokemon card. They sold out in a day, according to Japanese media reports. Mounds of wasted food were found near the stores.

A McDonald's employee posted an unhinged Instagram rant accusing her manager of bullying her a day before she stabbed her to death. Afeni Muhammad, 26, stabbed her manager Jennifer 'Jamma' Harris at least 15 times at the Detroit area McDonald's on Thursday after she was sent home over her performance. Just a day before, Muhammad had taken to social media to express her rage at being sent home early two days in a row. 'I got sent home early yesterday. I got sent home early today by the same person,' Muhammad said in the Instagram reel. 'I'm telling you, she's...

Since the start of 2025, corporate chains have increasingly become the focus of large-scale boycotts in Texas and beyond, attracting thousands of supporters of the grassroots advocacy group, the People's Union USA. In its latest rallying cry, the organization is calling for a week-long boycott of the fast-food giant McDonald's, starting today. ... The advocacy group is demanding that the fast-food giant company impose "fair taxes, an end to price gouging, real equality and corporate accountability," Schwarz wrote in a post. The campaign urges consumer to not spend their money at the business for a week. ... The company said...

Journalists covering President Donald Trump’s arrival to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday observed the presence of a mobile McDonald’s set up at a press center for covering the event in Riyadh, an apparent nod to the president’s love of the burger restaurant. Officials reportedly set up the mobile McDonald’s, which was “still shuttered” as of Tuesday, in a “Media Oasis” for journalists, according to the Associated Press. The “Oasis” featured various displays of Saudi government propaganda touting the government’s construction projects, including the controversial, still-unbuilt “city of the future” Neom and venues for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, which Saudi Arabia...

A McDonald’s in Virginia has sparked national conversation—and controversy—after implementing a strict policy that bans anyone under 21 from dining inside. The policy, which comes in response to what the location called “repeated incidents of student violence,” has social media lit with reactions.

A McDonald’s restaurant in the progressive Washington, D.C. suburb of Fairfax County, Virginia has banned under 21-year-olds from indoor dining after “repeated incidents of student violence.” Adults must ring a doorbell to be let in by staff. The McDonald’s is located just outside the Beltway in the Franconia neighborhood between Alexandria and Springfield. It has been a popular hangout for students of several nearby schools, including Thomas A. Edison High School. A sign posted at the door says, “RING THE DOORBELL SAFETY NOTICE: Effective immediately. Due to repeated incidents of student violence, this McDonald’s location is temporarily closed for dine-in...

McDonald’s sales dropped in the beginning of the year, marking the second consecutive quarter of declines as customers pull back their spending amid economic uncertainty. In the United States, its largest market, same-store sales dropped 3.6% — the chain’s worst drop since 2020 during the height of the Covid pandemic when people were told to stay home. Net income for the first quarter was $1.87 billion, a decline from $1.93 billion compared to the same period a year ago. However, McDonald’s notes that since last year had a Leap Day, or an extra day to make money, that slightly hurt...

A Utah mom woke up to the police knocking on her door Sunday morning, telling her that her 7-year-old son had taken his 5-year-old sister on a drive to a different city. According to the Ogden Police Department, they received calls about a reckless driver around 8 a.m. on April 27. Officers began to pursue the vehicle, but soon disengaged when they noticed the age of the driver and assessed the risk to the public. The vehicle later hit a parking strip, and police responded to the scene of the crash. The children were found unharmed, according to officers. The...

That's right: He didn't leave the kids at the restaurant until THREE HOURS LATER, according to the cops and the witnesses who called the authorities. The oldest child, the 10-year-old daughter, told officers that her dad was going to deliver "a bag" to her mom. The police contacted the mom and the dad and asked them both to come to the McDonald's, where the police then arrested dad. Louis claimed that, while delivering the bag (which apparently never made it to mom?), he lost his ID and was out searching for it.

A man who was arrested after leaving his children in a McDonald's to attend a job interview has received an outpouring of support from the general public. Chris Louis, a 24-year-old father from Augusta, Georgia, took his 10-year old, 6-year old, and 1-year old children to a McDonald's with a playground close to where his job interview was on March 22, and left them for a short time so he could try to get employment, according to The Augusta Press. A customer called the police, and Louis was arrested and charged with "deprivation of a minor." Now, his story has...

America should not run on fast food. A recent ranking from Eat This, Not That shared the least healthy menu items — ranked from bad to worst — from some of your favorite fast food chains that you should steer clear of. Some honorable mentions include the fried rice side from Panda Express and the bacon, sausage egg wrap from Starbucks. KFC’s Nashville hot loaded fries bowl, the cobb salad from Chick-fil-A, and the beast sub from Subway also made an appearance on this unhealthy list. The sausage patty breakfast crunchwrap from Taco Bell is another bad option. Avoid the...

A McDonald’s in Flatbush is now requiring customers under the age of 20 to be accompanied by a parent, a policy that has left some in the community surprised and frustrated. A sign posted on the door of the Nostrand Avenue location states the new rule, but McDonald’s has not yet provided an explanation for the change. The fast-food spot is a go-to for students from nearby schools, but some say the area has also had its challenges. According to the NYPD, police have been called to the location 29 times this year. Some residents believe security measures should be...

Earlier this month Stake 'n Shake announced it plans to use "100 percent beef tallow," or animal fat, for cooking its fries rather than vegetable oil. Vegetable oil has been sharply criticized on health grounds including by President Donald Trump's secretary of health nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The move has raised questions over whether other fast-food companies such as McDonald's could adopt similar policies, with one nutrition expert telling Newsweek such a move could "might resonate" with the restaurant chain's history. Newsweek contacted the McDonald's press office for comment via email. Why It Matters Kennedy, who Trump wants to...