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McDonald’s is closing its four-story former flagship on West 42nd Street in Times Square, The Post has learned. Opened 17 years ago, the eatery — whose entryway is lit with 7,000 marquee light bulbs like a Broadway theater — was slated to serve its last Big Mac on Tuesday, company officials confirmed. A spokesman for …
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McDonald’s said it would hire about 260,000 restaurant staff in the US this summer, as stores reopen for diners after serving them through delivery, drive-thru and takeaway for weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, the burger chain said its US sales fell in April and May due to the health crisis, but …
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Don’t get your hopes up about having a parfait at McDonald’s anytime soon. The fast food juggernaut has informed franchisees that items that fell victim to streamlined menus during the coronavirus pandemic will remain on the sidelines for now. That means diners will need to keep waiting if they want to get grilled chicken, a …
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McDonald’s appears to be bouncing back from its coronavirus woes. Share’s of the fast food giant were up nearly 2 percent in early trading on Tuesday after it reported that US sales in May were down just 5 percent — a significant improvement from April, when they plummeted 19.2 percent. Global sales fell by 30 …
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Five McDonald’s workers in Chicago filed a class-action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to adopt government safety guidance on COVID-19 and endangering employees and their families. McDonald’s failed to provide adequate hand sanitizer, gloves and masks and has not notified its staff when an employee has become infected with the …
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Chick-fil-A is now the second-highest-grossing restaurant chain in the US — despite not being open on Sundays. Thanks to sales growth in 2019 of 13 percent to $11.3 billion, the chicken slinger leapfrogged over Taco Bell and Burger King to second place behind McDonald’s, according to Restaurant Business Magazine’s annual list of top 500 restaurants. …
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Youth will be served — in the most giving spirit. That will happen when A Night of Covenant House Stars — benefiting the at-risk youth charity Covenant House — streams at 8 p.m. Monday on Broadway on Demand. The concert — hosted by Broadway star Audra McDonald and “60 Minutes” anchor John Dickerson — will …
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McDonald’s has asked its US franchisees to make a series of changes in restaurants before reopening to diners in an effort to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The world’s largest fast-food chain’s new reopening guidelines push restaurant owners to encourage social distancing among diners and more …
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day… but no one is buying it. The restaurant and fast-food industries have faced many struggles during the coronavirus pandemic and breakfast may be the toughest, according to new reports. Those reports say people aren’t buying breakfast during lockdown or periods of social distancing as much as …
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Patti LuPone is the reigning queen of the ladies who punch. When she’s not scolding audiences for disruptive behavior, the 71-year-old Broadway legend — currently starring in Ryan Murphy’s “Hollywood” on Netflix — is serving shade to other stars in her orbit. Whether sizing up composer and oft-nemesis Andrew Lloyd Webber as “a jerk” and “a …
McDonald’s is closing its four-story former flagship on West 42nd Street in Times Square, The Post has learned. Opened 17 years ago, the eatery — whose entryway is lit with 7,000 marquee light bulbs like a Broadway theater — was slated to serve its last Big Mac on Tuesday, company officials confirmed. A spokesman for …
