HOUSEHOLD DEBT AND CREDIT REPORT (Q1 2024) https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc

Delinquency Is Increasingly in the Cards for Maxed‑Out Borrowers https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2024/05/delinquency-is-increasingly-in-the-cards-for-maxed-out-borrowers/

Pandemic Savings Are Gone: What’s Next for U.S. Consumers? https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/blog/sf-fed-blog/2024/05/03/pandemic-savings-are-gone-whats-next-for-us-consumers/

Older Americans Stockpiled a Record $35 Trillion. The Time Has Come to Give It Away. https://www.wsj.com/articles/older-americans-35-trillion-wealth-giving-away-heirs-philanthropy-11625234216

Watch What Consumers Do, Not How They Feel https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-11/us-economic-slowdown-watch-what-consumers-do-not-how-they-feel

Pandemic-Era Excess Savings https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/data-and-indicators/pandemic-era-excess-savings/

Personal Saving Rate https://www.bea.gov/data/income-saving/personal-saving-rate

Restaurants top groceries: Americans are spending more on eating out https://www.axios.com/2023/04/14/restaurants-groceries-retail-sales-spending

Even with food prices flattening out, the cost of dining out is still going up https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/12/business/menu-prices-rising/index.html

Fast-Food Slowdown May Mean Steeper Promotions https://www.pymnts.com/economy/2024/fast-food-slowdown-may-mean-steeper-promotions/

Fast-food franchise owners and squeezed customers test the limits of the value meal economy https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/02/fast-food-owners-squeezed-customers-test-limit-of-value-meal-economy.html

McDonald’s releases a new $5 value meal to combat inflation https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/20/food/mcdonalds-value-meal-details/index.html

McDonald's set for weak sales growth as US fast-food chains grapple with muted traffic https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/mcdonalds-set-weak-sales-growth-us-fast-food-chains-grapple-with-muted-traffic-2024-04-29/

KFC and Crocs: Kentucky Fried Chicken X Crocs https://www.thedrum.com/creative-works/project/kfc-kentucky-fried-chicken-x-crocs

Burger King teams with Nelly for line of celebrity-themed meals https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/burger-king-teams-nelly-line-celebrity-themed-meals

Introducing Biebs Brew! The much-anticipated next collab between Justin Bieber and Tim Hortons is a co-created French Vanilla-flavoured Cold Brew coffee https://www.news.timhortons.ca/en/articles/introducing-biebs-brew-the-much-anticipated-next-collab-between-justin-bieber-and-tim-hortons-is-a-co-created-french-vanilla-flavoured-cold-brew-coffee

“THE CHARLI” DANCES ONTO THE DUNKIN’ MENU https://news.dunkindonuts.com/news/the-charli-dances-onto-the-dunkin-menu

Megan Thee Stallion Is Newest Popeyes Franchisee and Gets Her Own Hot Sauce https://www.franchisetimes.com/franchise_news/megan-thee-stallion-is-newest-popeyes-franchisee-and-gets-her-own-hot-sauce/article_e78e13d2-2dc9-11ec-9a35-9b10b6e30b61.html

Exclusive: In-N-Out Billionaire Lynsi Snyder Opens Up About Her Troubled Past And The Burger Chain's Future https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2018/10/10/exclusive-in-n-out-billionaire-lynsi-snyder-opens-up-about-her-troubled-past-and-the-burger-chains-future/

Why All Fast Food Chains Look The Same Today - Cheddar Explains https://youtu.be/o7sQEU6gXE4