McDonald’s franchisees say the company’s all-day breakfast launch has been a nightmare. The new menu is slowing down service, reducing average ticket costs, and causing chaos in the kitchens, franchisees told Nomura analyst Mark Kalinowski in a new survey. “In small stores, the problems are vast with people falling over each other and equipment jammed …
The Back to the Future series has been a bigger deal than usual recently as we approach the date that Marty McFly arrived at in “the future”: October 21, 2015. Pepsi put out a limited edition bottle, theaters have put on screenings of the films, and the Chicago Cubs might actually win the World Series. Toyota went all out, reuniting …
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) raised over $1.3 million in four hours following the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night broadcasted on CNN. His campaign sent out a mass email seeking donations from his line defending Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of State. Sanders’ remark was the most retweeted of any candidate of the …
Jennifer Lawrence published an essay in Lena Dunham’s newsletter Lenny regarding equal pay for actors and actresses. As part of the Sony hack last year, it was revealed that Lawrence and Amy Adams were getting 7% of American Hustle‘s backend profits, while Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner, and director David O. Russell were receiving 9%. …
HBO’s Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has been named Esquire‘s Sexiest Woman Alive for 2015. The 28-year-old Brit plays Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen and has been nominated for 2 Emmys for her performance on the beloved show. She manages to bring together a number of opposites, to make them natural: sweetness and toughness, emotionalism with …