These days, fast-food restaurants that want to get customers’ attention need to sell more than great food, they also have to offer standout merchandise. For many, that means getting into the clothing business, which helps build brand loyalty and provides…
Shamrock Shake season is upon us and to the delight of mint lovers everywhere, its arrival is ahead of schedule. Since the popular treat is associated with St. Patrick’s Day, it typically returns closer to March 17, but this year…
Kids get bored easily but tossing them a smartphone to cure their restlessness isn’t always a good idea. Just ask the parents of the 6-year-old Michigan boy who ordered $1,000 worth of food from Grubhub. Keith Stonehouse handed his phone…
Subway’s $5 footlongs disappeared from its menu long ago, but the ubiquitous sandwich chain is running a new promotion where you can get one for the same price — or even cheaper. Gallery: How to Get Free Fast Food Starting Feb.…
One of the founders of fast-food giant Subway has donated his stake in the company to his own charitable foundation. Peter Buck, a nuclear physicist, gave $1,000 to 17-year-old co-founder Fred DeLuca in 1965 to open the sandwich shop that…
Move over, swimsuit season, because burrito season is where it’s at. Every year from March to May, customers flock to Chipotle (and probably other burrito chains) in some sort of burrito feeding frenzy. The company attributes the phenomenon to various…
Plastic straws at McDonald’s may soon be a thing of the past if a pilot program the fast-food giant is trying out proves successful. The burger chain is testing a plastic…
Fast food used to be a simple burger-and-fries affair, but for many big-name chains, food stunts can create buzz and swipe curious customers from the competition. There has been no…
So you’re getting sick of the standard Waffle House menu. Ordering the bacon and eggs at 2 a.m. has gotten old, the greasy hangover burger no longer excites you, and…
Pan pizza, hut-shaped red roofs, nostalgic red plastic cups — there are so many Pizza Hut staples that we all know and love. The restaurant has been around for seven…
Of all the heinous flavors Mountain Dew has introduced over the years — from Flamin’ Hot to the fruitcake-flavored Fruit Quake — Baja Blast is probably the variety with the…
Taco Bell is bringing back its popular chicken wings Jan. 26, but for two weeks only. The chicken wings were due to return Jan. 19, but the company said the…
Del Taco wants to help you get through the doldrums of winter with the best thing possible: free food. Through Jan. 31, customers at the Tex-Mex chain can score a…
Complicated menu hacks for fast-food restaurants go viral on social media all the time, but now some Waffle House employees are fed up with the elaborate (and expensive) orders. These…
If you haven’t heard of Dave’s Hot Chicken, we can’t blame you. Started just five years ago as a pop-up in a Los Angeles parking lot, the chain of spicy…
Trying to decide where to take your sweetheart out for Valentine’s Day dinner? Here’s another restaurant to consider: White Castle. No, that’s not a mistake. White Castle is turning itself…
In-N-Out, a staunchly West Coast fast-food burger chain with a fervent cult following, is finally expanding east of the Mississippi River. The California chain is opening its first territory office…
Taco Bell food has a certain je ne sais quois that’s impossible to replicate. Tacos at home, even made with Taco Bell-branded ingredients from the supermarket, don’t even come close. So…