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Gen Z’s love of McDonald’s, Panera’s possible IPO and Starbucks’ holiday slump

This week on the Extra Serving podcast, a product of Nation’s Restaurant News, NRN editors Holly Petre, Sam Oches, and Leigh Anne Zinsmeister spoke about Gen Z’s preferences.

According to a new survey by dcdx titled Gen Z’s Top 25 Most Magnetic Brands, Gen Z is a fan of limited-service restaurants, with three brands on the list. Topping that list was McDonald’s, which jumped six spots from last year due to its Grimace promotions, the most popular of which was the Grimace shake, which spurred a TikTok trend. We’ve talked about it before, but what does Gen Z really want from its restaurant…

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