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Several major fast-food chains and restaurants are offering discounts, freebies, and promotions to mark National Cheeseburger Day, including McDonald's, Burger King, and Five Guys. The deals span a range of formats, from free add-ons to discounted combo meals, giving customers multiple ways to save on the popular sandwich.
Burger King's newest franchise disclosure document shows the chain finished fiscal 2025 with 6,650 U.S. restaurants, down from 6,701 at the start of the year. That net figure of 51 fewer stores masks a larger churn of individual closures and openings happening across the system.
Major AI companies are accelerating efforts to build superintelligent systems, pushing timelines and resources into overdrive despite unresolved safety and control questions. The push reflects competitive pressure among leading labs to be first to achieve transformative AI capabilities.
New Wendy's CEO Bob Wright has detailed a five-part strategy to reverse the chain's slide behind Burger King into third place among U.S. burger chains, citing prior 'quality degradation' as a key cause. The plan covers menu and ingredient improvements, fixing inconsistent store operations, selectively closing weak locations while opening new ones, overhauling marketing with new hire Tariq Hassan as chief marketing and customer growth officer, and scaling back reliance on discount promotions in favor of core menu value.
Burger King is updating its chicken nuggets and dipping sauces with a new recipe, following a similar overhaul of its Whopper burger. The company says the Whopper changes helped drive an 8.5% increase in sales, prompting it to extend the same strategy to another core menu item.