Lower-income households cut spending on essentials amid inflation and tariff concerns Companies face shrinking margins as price hikes fail to boost sales Fast-food chains offer cheaper menu items to ...

For decades, fast food functioned as the pressure valve in the American food budget, the place families could turn when groceries ran short and paychecks ran late. That bargain is breaking down. As ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fast-food prices have risen so high that traffic from one of the industry’s core customer bases, low-income ...

In the early 2000s, after a severe slump, McDonald’s orchestrated a major turnaround with the introduction of its Dollar Menu. The menu, whose items all cost $1, illustrated just how important it was ...

Corrections & Clarifications: McDonald's clarified remarks by CEO Chris Kempczinski. Lower-income consumer foot traffic dropped nearly double digits industrywide. The dollar (menu) doesn’t go as far ...

Fast food has become so expensive that many low-income families are being priced out, according to a report. McDonald’s chief executive Christopher Kempczinski told investors last week that fast-food ...