fast food

McDonald’s expands UberEATS McDelivery to 92 Seattle restaurants and more U.S. cities

by Kurt Schlosser on May 31, 2017June 1, 2017 at 12:12 amComment

Forget the drive thru. McDonald’s is focused on “drive to” with an expansion in Seattle and across the U.S. of its McDelivery service through the UberEATS app. Seattle-area fast-food fans… Read More

Teen wins game of chicken on Twitter: Plea for free Wendy’s nuggets breaks Ellen’s record for retweets

by Kurt Schlosser on May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 at 9:31 amComment

Wendy’s chicken nuggets are officially more appetizing than a photo containing Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper and more stars. A Reno, Nev., teenager’s plea for free food… Read More

170,000 burger fans cast votes online for next Dick’s Drive-In location, and the winner is …

by Kurt Schlosser on March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 at 11:17 am1 Comment

Dick’s Drive-In, the popular Seattle-area burger chain, turned to social media again on Monday to announce the winner of its East vs. South online vote to determine where its next… Read More

Dick’s Drive-In lovers crash the Seattle burger joint’s website trying to cast votes for next location

by Kurt Schlosser on March 6, 2017March 7, 2017 at 11:31 amComment

Update: Dick’s announced on its Facebook page Tuesday morning that its website was back up and running, and that despite the trouble on Monday, more than 100,000 votes had been cast.… Read More

McDonald’s is following Starbucks’ lead into mobile ordering. Could a Seattle engineering center be next?

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 at 3:54 pm 3 Comments

McDonald’s is going mobile in an effort to court new customers and keep up with competitors. On Wednesday, the fast food chain’s leadership told analysts that they plan to roll… Read More

Burrito drones! Chipotle teaming with Alphabet to drop Mexican food onto college campus

by Kurt Schlosser on September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 at 5:04 pm1 Comment

First, a Domino’s pizza came out of the sky. Now Chipotle wants to drop burritos onto the campus of Virginia Tech. Did college students win some sort of high-tech lottery… Read More

Credit is a tough sell as Dick’s Drive-In customers still bringing cash for their burgers and fries

by Kurt Schlosser on August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 at 6:16 pm 3 Comments

Old habits die hard for fast food fans in Seattle. Dick’s Drive-In, the burger mainstay that has been taking cash only for 62 years, began accepting more modern forms of payment… Read More

Seattle institution Dick’s Drive-In, after taking cash only for 62 years, to accept credit and even Apple Pay

by Kurt Schlosser on July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 at 10:56 am 4 Comments

Driving into the parking lot of a Dick’s Drive-In in Seattle and realizing you don’t have any cash on hand has to be one of life’s great disappointments. But after… Read More

Fast food study: Millennials are making the least-healthy menu choices

by Taylor Soper on June 13, 2013June 13, 2013 at 5:02 amComment

Last month, data from Placed told us how much America loves its fast food. Now we know a little more about what menu choices people are making at the counter.… Read More

Placed Insights reveal how much Americans love fast food and McDonald’s

by Taylor Soper on May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 at 8:57 amComment

America sure loves its fast food. That’s the latest from the April rankings of Placed Insights, a platform that is essentially the Nielsen TV ratings system or Google Analytics, but for… Read More

Dethroned: Burger King Twitter account hacked to look like McDonalds

by Taylor Soper on February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 at 11:28 am 2 Comments

The Burger King social media team sure is having an eventful Monday morning. The fast food company’s Twitter account, @BurgerKing, was hacked for more than an hour starting at 9… Read More