McDonald's sees a drop in customers, sales according to our Facebook data More than 1,000 McDonald's are fully reopened for business. But can sales ever truly go back to normal? Jared Russo 6.17.20 2:54 PM Markets
Chains like Starbucks switch to "takeout only" to maintain foot traffic - and it's working The promise of quick comfort food might be appealing during a global pandemic, but our data suggests it might not be enough to get people in the door. Julia Gray 3.19.20 7:46 PM Markets
Have people stopped going to McDonald's and Starbucks? Yes, sort of. Here's the data. Some of the places people love to take the most selfies are seeing activity slow down as people stay away from restaurants during the coronavirus outbreak. Joshua Fruhlinger 3.16.20 8:31 PM Innovation
McDonald's has gone strangely silent on Facebook despite follower gains over new sandwich Chicken sandwiches are good for the brand's social media accounts. But, mysteriously, McDonald's stopped posting on Facebook in November. Joshua Fruhlinger 1.29.20 3:35 PM Innovation
The chicken sandwich war was the best thing to happen to fast food in 2019 - here's why Popeyes increased its Twitter following by 117% in 2019 all because of a Twitter war. But others in the space also gained. Joshua Fruhlinger 12.27.19 4:01 PM Innovation
These companies gained the most employees in 2019 According to the number of people listing it as their employer on LinkedIn, Walmart added more than 85,000 employees in the past year alone. Joshua Fruhlinger 12.23.19 5:40 PM Innovation