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Fast Food v. Fast Casual

By | 09.30.10 | 2:31 pm

The Wall Street Journal posts an interesting story, noting that “ultra-affluent” customers — who spend more than, gulp, $7,000 a month on their credit cards and meet other, unnamed income criteria — are spending more on both fast food and fine meals. The super-rich, the article says, are bifurcating More…

The Real Value of the Fast Food ‘Dollar Menu’ in a Recession

By | 05.12.09 | 8:50 am

At Salon, Sara Hepola performs a true public service by personally testing the value menus of several fast-food restaurants, in an attempt to present the culinary reality of eating low-budget meals in a recession. As Hepola points out, Whole Foods is hurting these days as consumers cut back on More…