{"id":86813,"date":"2026-09-24T10:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86813"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:28:11","slug":"mcdonalds-bets-8-5-billion-on-a-sweeping-restaurant-makeover-and-new-protein-focused-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/mcdonalds-bets-8-5-billion-on-a-sweeping-restaurant-makeover-and-new-protein-focused-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s Bets $8.5 Billion On A Sweeping Restaurant Makeover And New Protein-Focused Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Associated Press:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8b8b224\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3000x2000+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe5%2F08%2F932d1bb5f9af5dbe2ffeb443f180%2F0d27ab1bee0040c29f2fc28a73ad296e\" alt=\"People line up to enter a McDonald's restaurant in Beijing on Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo\/Andy Wong, File)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mcdonalds-corp\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">McDonald\u2019s<\/a><\/span> said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-food traffic in many markets, including the U.S., is flat, so for McDonald\u2019s to continue to grow it has to grab share from competitors and improve restaurant productivity, McDonald\u2019s Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said at a meeting with investors at the company\u2019s Chicago headquarters. McDonald\u2019s wants to automate more tasks, like inventory and scheduling, and improve kitchen operations. On the product side, McDonald\u2019s said hand-breaded chicken, which has rolled out at 10,000 restaurants in Asia and a handful of restaurants near Chicago, has boosted sales and quality ratings. Many of McDonald\u2019s competitors, like Chick-fil-A and KFC, offer hand-breaded chicken. The company plans to expand its testing to more markets in the U.S. and Ireland next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Associated Press: McDonald\u2019s said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86814,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86813\/revisions\/86814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}