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Dollar Menu Dreams

Will Fast Food transactions fall this week?

McDonald's says its US business is falling short. Wendy's pulled its outlook. Even the value menu is losing the value argument. Whether the whole drive thru shrinks this week is the recession read nobody prints.

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Graduation Progress11%
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$6of $50 to graduate

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Graduation Progress11%
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$6of $50 to graduate

Activity

MARKET WINDOW

August 17 to 23, compared against the August 10 to 16 prior week.

DEFINITIONS & SCOPE

Transaction count is the total number of verified purchase transactions at basket merchants during the window, all channels. The target line is the basket's transaction count over the identical-length, same-days-of-week prior window.

RESOLUTION METHOD

Yes wins if the window transaction count falls below the prior-week line; No wins otherwise. In the event of a tie, all positions are refunded in full.

DATA SOURCE

Powered by verified transaction data from American Spend's oracle. Anonymized, aggregated, and secured. Real, objective, verified proof of spend sourced from a representative sample of consumer spending.

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