Fast-food employees are struggling to afford necessities and a recent report shows they must work more than twice as many hours as the average worker just to afford the meals they serve.

Like Subway's $5 footlong, affordable fast food may soon be a thing of the past. The average price of fast food in larger U.S. cities is now in the double digits, with the typical meal costing $11 ...

A new study by LendingTree found that fast food, once viewed as a staple for lower-income workers and families, is increasingly unaffordable for the employees who work at fast-food restaurants.

Fast food was once a cheap and easy option for a meal on the go. Unfortunately, the days of value menus and combo deals have largely passed us by. Now, fast food prices have risen so high that the ...

At the same time, RMS found on average that fast-food prices increased in April by 2% year over year, which is steady with inflation trends. In case you’re not familiar with restaurant ...

As a cook at a Wingstop restaurant in Los Angeles, Recinos got a significant wage bump last year — one of half a million fast food workers taking part in a great labor experiment. California ...

Earlier this week news broke that the largest fast food chain in the United States, Subway, closed over 600 stores in the past year. Subway "lost a net of 631 U.S. restaurants in 2024," QSR ...

Two major fast food chains with a lot of locations in the United States are shutting down a bunch of their spots. Jack in the Box, a West Coast fast food chain known for its burgers, is shutting ...

Fast food might come in a paper bag, but the service can still make or break the meal. Based on the 2024 American Customer Satisfaction Index, which surveyed U.S. consumers between April 2023 and ...

Fast-food fans have spoken and have determined that In-N-Out Burger has the best fast-food burger, according to a recent Delish article. The food publication asked fans on social media which fast ...

McDonald's is America's favorite fast-food restaurant, with people searching for the Illinois-based chain on the internet in more states than any other establishment. That's according to a study ...

SALT LAKE CITY — One of California's hottest fast-food chains plans to join Utah's growing market. Starbird, a chicken chain restaurant centering on "super-premium fast food concepts," announced ...