Fast food chains constantly introduce new menu items seeking the next viral sensation or profit-driving staple, but most innovations fail to achieve lasting success. The industry’s experimental nature ...

It’s been two years since Gavin Newsom signed the so-called FAST Recovery Act, creating a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers. Instead of a raise, the best data shows these workers lost hours or ...

California’s farcical Fast Food Council perfectly encapsulates everything that is wrong with this state’s governance. Wasteful, performative and overreaching, it’s time to abolish the thing entirely.

CAME UP IN TODAY’S MEETING. IT’S BEEN NEARLY FOUR MONTHS SINCE CALIFORNIA’S NEW FAST FOOD MINIMUM WAGE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT, AND THAT BRAND NEW FAST FOOD COUNCIL MET FOR THE SECOND TIME EVER TODAY ...

Not long ago, Guillermina ran into a coworker at her doctor’s office. The two women work together at a McDonald’s near San Jose, California. When Guillermina asked what her coworker was doing at the ...

Fast food has evolved from simple roadside stands to a massive global industry worth nearly one trillion dollars. Today's landscape presents both fascinating trends and concerning health realities as ...