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Taco Bell Tests Cheez-It Items At One California Location
The fast food chain launched a tostada and Crunchwrap Supreme with a Cheez-It shell that’s 16 times the size of a regular cracker.
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Major Fast Food Chain Introduces Its First-Ever Burger
The chain is known for almost literally everything but hamburgers – until now.
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Recycling Your Taco Bell Sauce Packets and More Ways to Make Fast Food Sustainable
Here’s a problem you’ve probably run into when you go to a fast-food restaurant and order your favorite meal: When you pull up through the drive-thru and ask for ketchup or other sauces, you’re given pounds and pounds of single-use packets that you’ll never finish. So a lot of us just…throw them away. Turns out those little packets are...
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Is It Possible to Make Fast Food Sustainable?
Your fast food burger and fries comes with a supersized environmental price tag. From the methane emissions created by the beef industry to the sauce packets that get dumped into landfills, there are a number of reasons why fast food is hard on the planet. Here are some ways you can make a difference — starting by changing what you order.
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Popular Fried Chicken Chain Coming to the Tri-State for the First Time
One of the most popular fried chicken chains in the country, which hasn’t had a presence so far in the Northeast, is on the verge of coming to the market in a significant way. Bojangles, known for its chicken and also its iconic biscuits (with a heavy emphasis on breakfast), said this week it struck a franchise deal to...
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McDonald's Will Offer Four Fan-Favorite Menu Hacks
“Land, Air & Sea” is one of the offbeat combos that’ll pop up for a limited time.
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The Holiday Pie Is Back at Select McDonald's Locations
The elusive holiday pie is back at McDonald’s!
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McDonald's Is Giving Free Breakfast ‘Thank You Meals' to Teachers and School Staff
The fast food chain is serving up free breakfast Happy Meals starting Monday.
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The McRib Is Returning to McDonald's Menus Nationwide
McDonald’s announced Thursday the McRib will return to menus across the country this November.
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These Sisters Own Every Single McDonald's in Compton, California
Nicole Enearu and Kerri Harper-Howie often hear people say “I didn’t know Black people owned McDonald’s…I didn’t know women owned McDonald’s.” After their mother Patricia Williams got started running McDonald’s franchises in the 1980s, these two sisters now own all of the golden arches on display in Compton, California. NBCLX Storyteller Cody Broadway spoke to them about building a business...
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WATCH: Fast Food Employee Attacks Driver Over Coupon
Security footage that captured the moment a fast food employee attacked a customer is now at the center of a civil lawsuit.
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Burger King UK Gets Pushback for ‘Women Belong in the Kitchen' Post
Companies and organizations around the world have been making supportive statements to celebrate International Women’s Day, but one tweet from Burger King U.K. is raising eyebrows.
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Taco Bell Is Jumping Back Into the Vegetarian Market as More Fast Food Chains Embrace Meat-Free Options
If you’re both a vegetarian and a Taco Bell fan (we know you’re out there) then rejoice. Taco Bell is kicking off 2021 with the return of potatoes and exploring a new plant-based protein with Beyond Meat.
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From ‘McPlant' to Pizza Hut… Fast Food Giants Are Embracing the World of Plant-Based Offerings
McDonald’s and Pizza Hut are only the latest entrants into the vegan market.
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McDonald's Adds Bakery Items to Menu in Push for Breakfast Customers
McDonald’s is adding baked goods to its permanent menu for the first time in more than eight years as the fast-food giant tries to revive its breakfast sales.
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Texas Woman Celebrates 50 Years Working at Whataburger
Connie Claxton has spent 50 years working at Whataburger. The Texas woman, who has worked at multiple locations and every position inside the fast-food restaurant, says she has no plans of retiring.
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Chick-fil-A to Sell Bottles of Its Sauce to Help Fund Employee Scholarships
Chick-fil-A might still be closed on Sundays, but the fast-food franchise is now offering customers a chance to bring home some of its most popular sauces to enjoy every day of the week. The restaurant will begin to sell bottles of its Chick-fil-A and Polynesian sauces, with profits from the sales going to Chick-fil-A’s employee scholarship program, the company...
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Chick-Fil-A Is Testing a Streamlined Menu as It Weighs Adding New Items
Chick-fil-A is testing a new streamlined menu at restaurants in Arizona and Charlotte, North Carolina. Items that will no longer appear on the menu include Original Chick-n-Strips, Grilled Cool Wrap, the side salad and decaf coffee. Some menu items will also now only be available in one size in the test regions. For example, kids’ nuggets meals will only be…
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Five Guys Thief Turns Himself in After Stealing 50-Pound Bag of Fries
A fast food bandit turned himself in after he allegedly stole a 50-pound bag of pre-cut French fries from a restaurant in Massachusetts. Police in Waltham said they sought the public’s help in identifying the alleged junk food thief when he was captured on surveillance footage taking the bag of fries after eating at the establishment.
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4 Crazy Fast Foods To Celebrate National Fast Food Day
As much as we’d all like to pretend we eat healthy 100 percent of the time, you can’t pretend like you don’t love a good excuse to eat some junk food. Well now you have one. November 16 is National Fast Food Day, which means we’re showcasing some of the craziest, greasiest, most extreme fast foods we’ve witnessed in...