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by Kurt Schlosser on July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 at 2:36 pm1 Comment

That ringing coming from inside select T-Mobile stores isn’t just phones — it’s a certain fast food bell. Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier T-Mobile is teaming with Taco Bell to open… Read More

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GeekWire grills Bill Gates on a meaty issue for Seattle fast food lovers: Dick’s or Burgermaster?

by Kurt Schlosser on February 12, 2019February 15, 2019 at 3:35 pm1 Comment

Globalism. Politics. Education. Clean energy. Bill Gates covered the usual range of substantive topics in an interview with GeekWire in advance of the release of Bill and Melinda Gates’s annual… Read More

Shake Shack burger

Burger chain Shake Shack sets opening date for first Seattle location, near Amazon HQ

by Kurt Schlosser on September 27, 2018September 28, 2018 at 6:40 amComment

A new competitor in Seattle’s burger battle will step into the ring on Saturday, Oct. 6, as Shake Shack plans to open its first location in Washington state. The New… Read More

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Use McDonald’s app for chance to win ‘McGold Card’ and free food for life — just like Bill Gates

by Kurt Schlosser on August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 at 9:57 amComment

No one knows for sure whether Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates even eats at McDonald’s these days, but we do know he wouldn’t have to pay. Gates is reportedly in exclusive… Read More

Shake Shack

Thousands line up to grab burgers as Shake Shack pops into Seattle for special preview event

by Kurt Schlosser on June 23, 2018June 25, 2018 at 10:37 am 5 Comments

A line of people stretched down Aurora Avenue and into the neighborhood below Canlis, the famed Seattle fine-dining establishment, as it played host Saturday to a pop-up event previewing Shack… Read More

Shake Shack burger

Hungry for Shake Shack in Seattle? Pop-up will preview burger joint’s menu before it opens near Amazon

by Kurt Schlosser on June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 at 12:19 pmComment

Amazon employees and other Seattleites waiting anxiously for another food option in the city’s South Lake Union neighborhood will have to wait a bit longer for Shake Shack to open… Read More

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Burger-flipping robot named Flippy is armed with a spatula and ready for a grilling at CaliBurger

by Kurt Schlosser on March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 at 3:40 pmComment

First the robots proved they can do back flips, now they’re flipping hamburgers. Flippy, the world’s first autonomous robotic kitchen assistant, made his public debut this week and will begin… Read More

Vegas burgers

Best fast food burger in Las Vegas? It’s the one that’s coming to Seattle’s South Lake Union

by Kurt Schlosser on January 14, 2018January 14, 2018 at 10:00 am1 Comment

LAS VEGAS — Depending on your motivation, appetite, price point and more, Las Vegas is probably no different than any other place — you can eat really well, or you… Read More

Carl's Jr. Amazon

Fast food chain Carl’s Jr. hopes Amazon bites on its big ideas in playful bid to get bought by tech giant

by Kurt Schlosser on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 at 11:37 amComment

Plenty of companies may fear the eventual day when Amazon will come knocking. The fast food chain Carl’s Jr. is actively courting it. In a series of tweets which started… Read More

Dick's Drive-In
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Dick’s burger chain announces which South Seattle city will be home to its seventh restaurant

by Kurt Schlosser on September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 at 10:43 amComment

Five months after thousands of online voters chose South Seattle over the Eastside as the region where they’d most want to get a Dick’s Drive-In restaurant, the popular burger chain… Read More

Shake Shack

Burger chain Shake Shack coming to Seattle with restaurant in the heart of Amazon’s campus

by Kurt Schlosser on August 9, 2017August 9, 2017 at 10:46 amComment

Seattle may already be home to a beloved burger chain in the form of Dick’s Drive-In, but the growing city will have to make room for another rising upstart as… Read More

McDonald's and UberEATS

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

Carter Wilkerson

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

Dick's Drive-In

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

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

Project Wing

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

Dick's Drive-In

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

Dick's Drive-In

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

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