August 2011

McDonald’s To Open A Restaurant A Day In China In Four Years

Bloomberg: McDonald’s Corp., the world’s largest restaurant chain, should open an outlet a day in China as it challenges Yum! Brands for dominance in Asia’s largest economy as rising salaries boost spending on fast food. “We should be opening a restaurant every day in the next three to four years” in China, Peter Rodwell, company […]

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U.S. Restaurants Turn To Franchise Partners

MarketWatch: When it comes to franchising in today’s economy with its new-normal lending constraints, restaurant chains are opting for larger, more experienced partners while eschewing mom-and-pop bids. Even McDonald’s Corp., which several decades ago regularly took chances on the new single-location entrepreneurs, is now only interviewing people with $500,000 in their own cash and other

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