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Company works with authorities on “suspicious activity”

George Rice is vice chairman of Revenue Management Solutions, a pioneer in data-based solutions to pricing for restaurants and retailers. Clients have included McDonald’s, Checkers and Rally’s, and Famous Dave’s. This article...

Jim Sullivan is an NRN contributor, a keynote speaker at foodservice conferences worldwide and author of the best-selling books “Multiunit Leadership” and “Fundamentals.” You can get his product catalog and additional...

Chain’s largest franchisee to buy restaurants from Heartland Food

This week, Russia's food safety watchdog temporarily shut down four McDonald's restaurants in Moscow over sanitary violations, Reuters reports. The closures came amid worsening U.S.-Russian ties over Ukraine...

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