🚨 EPISODE 2: Burger King's Decision-Free Drive-Thru, Starbucks' Playful Martha Stewart Campaign & Taco Bell x Olivia Rodrigo's Pink Baja Blast Collab
In hospitality, you can't afford to wait. The Rush is your weekly download on what's moving fast in QSR: openings, brand moves, funding, tech, and the trends reshaping how restaurants grow. Every Thursday, in under 30 minutes.IN THIS EPISODE:
🔹 Burger King UK tackles "decision fatigue" with its first-ever Decision-Free Drive-Thru
🔹 Starbucks enlists Martha Stewart to defend the "basic" PSL in a new ad campaign
🔹 Taco Bell teams up with Olivia Rodrigo for a first-ever Pink Baja Blast
🔹 Wendy's stock sinks 13% as Trian shelves its take-private bid, erasing the month's gains
🔹 McDonald's shares hit a fresh 52-week low as value pressures bite
🔹 Restaurant software startup Owner raises $240M at a $2.3B valuation
🔹 Loungers is on track to hit £500m turnover and opens its first international site in Germany
🔹 Dutch Bros and 7 Brew battle to scoop up ~130 shuttered Salad and Go drive-thru sites
Hosted by Ed Barry, founder/CEO of Edify, who built, scaled, and sold Over Under, the celebrated coffee chain, alongside Kallie Kocourek, founder of GSD Collective and a seasoned hospitality and growth consultant. Decades of franchise experience, broken down for operators and founders.Fast-paced. No fluff. Every Thursday.
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