{"id":8538,"date":"2026-08-08T09:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-americans-are-losing-their-appetite-for-fast-food\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:39:19","slug":"why-americans-are-losing-their-appetite-for-fast-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-americans-are-losing-their-appetite-for-fast-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Americans Are Losing Their Appetite for Fast Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/da32YqKsXXM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Fast food traffic is down across the industry \u2014 McDonald&#8217;s US sales grew just 0.8% last quarter, its stock is down 12% this year, and quick-service restaurant traffic overall fell 1.3% in the first seven months of 2026. In this stream, we break down exactly why.<\/p>\n<p>We cover:<br \/>\n&#8211; McDonald&#8217;s CEO&#8217;s viral &quot;Big Arch&quot; burger moment<br \/>\n&#8211; The surprising stat: fast food prices have risen 15-20 points more than groceries over the past decade<br \/>\n&#8211; Why low-income consumers \u2014 fast food&#8217;s core customers \u2014 are cooking at home more<br \/>\n&#8211; McDonald&#8217;s struggling $3 and $5 value deals (fewer than 65% of franchisees signed on)<br \/>\n&#8211; Burger King and Taco Bell&#8217;s viral marketing gimmicks \u2014 and why they&#8217;re not working<br \/>\n&#8211; The looming threat of cheaper GLP-1 weight-loss drugs on fast-food demand<br \/>\n&#8211; What&#8217;s next: menu overhauls, new beverage partnerships, and industry consolidation (Yum! Brands offloading Pizza Hut)<\/p>\n<p>Sourced from Economist reporting, Placer.ai data, and Guggenheim Securities analysis.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more business and economy breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>#FastFood #McDonalds #BurgerKing #TacoBell #Economy #Business #Inflation<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast food traffic is down across the industry \u2014 McDonald&#8217;s US sales grew just 0.8% last quarter, its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-93.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}