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The Big Mac Dilemma: Can McDonald's Fix Sales? | Fortune DailyMcDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski promised the chain wouldn’t get beat on value, yet sales growth has slowed to just 0.8% while Burger King surges ahead at 8.5%. So why are the Golden Arches losing their luster, and can high-end menu bets like the Big Arch burger win budget-conscious customers back? Fortune senior writer Phil Wahba breaks down what went wrong and what it will take to reverse course. Plus, Fortune Editorial Director Kristen Stoller turns the table on Ellie to ask what we can expect at the upcoming Most Powerful Women Summit and what goes into planning Fortune’s premier gathering of female leaders. Finally, Executive Editorial Director Diane Brady hosts our CEO Source segment with Jason Buechel, CEO of Whole Foods Market and VP of Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores, exploring the evolving future of grocery retail. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Why McDonald’s Is Losing Its Value Crown (ft. Phil Wahba) 11:59 - CEO Source: Jason Buechel, Whole Foods & Amazon 16:32 - Inside the Most Powerful Women Summit Preview Read Phil’s full article - https://fortune.com/2026/10/07/mcdonalds-earnings-growth-customers-meal-deals Subscribe to Fortune: https://fortune.com/subscribe/ Additional images courtesy of Getty Images

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The Rise of AI Agents: Meta vs. OpenAI | Fortune DailyOctober 6, 2026

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The Future of Financial Advice ft. Penny Pennington | Fortune DailyOctober 5, 2026

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What Bankrupted Red Lobster | Fortune DailyOctober 4, 2026

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The Return of Uber’s Ousted Founder | Fortune DailySeptember 30, 2026

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The End of College? Inside a16z’s School for Tech Titans | Fortune DailySeptember 29, 2026

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The Careers AI Can’t Replace ft. Mike Rowe | Fortune DailySeptember 28, 2026

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When AI Becomes Management | Fortune DailySeptember 27, 2026

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Inside Chevron’s Massive Bet on AI & Energy | Fortune DailySeptember 23, 2026

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Effective Altruism Explained: Why the Pentagon Is Attacking AI 'Doomers' | Fortune DailySeptember 22, 2026

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The real story behind Red Lobster’s $20 Ultimate Endless Shrimp fiasco: How an American seafood icon lost its way

The real story behind Red Lobster’s $20 Ultimate Endless Shrimp fiasco: How an American seafood icon lost its way

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Travis Kalanick is back: How Uber’s ousted founder went from pariah to Silicon Valley hero

Travis Kalanick is back: How Uber’s ousted founder went from pariah to Silicon Valley hero

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‘You’re a going to be a great one’: Trump tells Mamdani he has ‘potential’ to be a great mayor and floats federal funds to his native Queens

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Sydney Sweeney’s Novig ad reveals a new fault line in sports marketing

By Emma HinchliffeSeptember 16, 2026

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By Alyson ShontellSeptember 12, 2026

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By Emily ForliniSeptember 3, 2026

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New York City sends 11,000 more pied-à-terre tax letters as it apologizes to the 1,200 wrongly targeted because it didn’t check 2025 tax returns

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Flock is going from the center of the surveillance debate to bipartisan target in record time

Flock is going from the center of the surveillance debate to bipartisan target in record time

By Catherina GioinoAugust 28, 2026

Gap’s new playbook: Less discounting, more Hailey Bieber

Gap’s new playbook: Less discounting, more Hailey Bieber

By Phil WahbaAugust 28, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

OpenAI, independent firms publish reports on rogue AI attack on Hugging Face. Here are the main takeaways—and what OpenAI still hasn’t disclosed.

By Emily ForliniAugust 26, 2026

Apple lays off staffers ahead of CEO change

Apple lays off staffers ahead of CEO change

By Alexei OreskovicAugust 24, 2026

Anthropic to SpaceX: You ain’t bigger

Anthropic to SpaceX: You ain’t bigger

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Amazon can’t quit Bezos’ drone dream

Amazon can’t quit Bezos’ drone dream

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OpenAI hits pause on training in Hugging Face aftermath

By Lily Mae LazarusAugust 19, 2026

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OpenAI says it paused AI training for two weeks and announces new security protocols following Hugging Face hack

By Emily ForliniAugust 18, 2026

Alibaba’s $2 billion gaming exit signals where Beijing wants its money

Alibaba’s $2 billion gaming exit signals where Beijing wants its money

By Mia OsmonbekovAugust 18, 2026

OpenAI’s 69-page report on ChatGPT enterprise adoption doesn’t address the biggest question: ROI

OpenAI’s 69-page report on ChatGPT enterprise adoption doesn’t address the biggest question: ROI

By Emily ForliniAugust 13, 2026

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Bob Iger and Josh Kushner buy the LA Lakers for a record-breaking $12.5 billion, up 25% in just the 14 months since Mark Walter bought them

By Catherina GioinoAugust 12, 2026

Bumble killed the feature that made it famous. Can it find a new reason for daters to stay?

Bumble killed the feature that made it famous. Can it find a new reason for daters to stay?

By Emma HinchliffeAugust 12, 2026

Meet ChatTJB, the ‘AI’ chatbot with no AI, no algorithm and no LLM. It’s just one guy and the 10,000 people who volunteered to type back

Meet ChatTJB, the ‘AI’ chatbot with no AI, no algorithm and no LLM. It’s just one guy and the 10,000 people who volunteered to type back

By Tatiana SatauaAugust 12, 2026

Arianna Huffington says even high-flying CEOs are unhappy and feel stuck in their multimillion-dollar jobs: ‘It’s a trap’

Arianna Huffington says even high-flying CEOs are unhappy and feel stuck in their multimillion-dollar jobs: ‘It’s a trap’

By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 11, 2026

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By Catherina GioinoAugust 10, 2026

AOC is freezing her eggs—and she doesn’t owe anyone an explanation

AOC is freezing her eggs—and she doesn’t owe anyone an explanation

By Emma HinchliffeAugust 10, 2026

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By Kristin StollerAugust 10, 2026

CEO of the world’s largest workspace provider says commuting will be extinct by 2040—and your kids will think it’s ‘mad stuff’ professionals once did

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By Eleanor PringleAugust 5, 2026

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By Fortune EditorsAugust 5, 2026

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By Preston ForeAugust 3, 2026

Exclusive: Former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo discusses her battle with POTS and her startup’s plans to cure it with AI and 3,500 vials of blood (so far)

Exclusive: Former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo discusses her battle with POTS and her startup’s plans to cure it with AI and 3,500 vials of blood (so far)

By Emily ForliniAugust 3, 2026

A record 34 women now run Fortune Global 500 companies. That’s still just 6.8%

A record 34 women now run Fortune Global 500 companies. That’s still just 6.8%

By Emma HinchliffeAugust 3, 2026

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By Phil WahbaAugust 3, 2026

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