McDonald's Is Closing Hundreds of Its Walmart Restaurants

[left-of-center2012]

Fewer people want to eat their meals at Walmart. For years Walmart Inc. and large restaurant chains like McDonald’s Corp. enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship. The retailer delivered a steady stream of diners, and the eateries provided rental profits and a reason for shoppers to stick around stores.

Those bonds have frayed as more shopping goes online and fast-food restaurants depend more on drive-through windows for sales, a feature Walmart locations don’t have. The pandemic has made indoor dining unappealing—or prohibited—for many shoppers, accelerating the split.

McDonald’s is closing hundreds of restaurants located in the largest U.S. retailer’s stores, the last vestiges of a roughly 30-year-old experiment between the companies. Around 150 McDonald’s stores will remain at U.S. Walmart locations after another wave of planned closures that are expected to finalize by this summer, according to the burger giant. McDonald’s said in filings that closures focused on low-volume stores based at the retailer. At the peak of the partnership, there were roughly 1,000 McDonald’s restaurants inside Walmart stores.

Franchisees of Subway, one of the largest fast-food chains in the world with locations across Walmart stores, also say they are closing locations this year, citing diminished foot traffic and lower profits.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-is-closing-hundreds-of-its-walmart-restaurants-11617960602

[overleft]

1. I live in the mountains of Virginia and ours has already closed.

[Scrivener7]

2. McDonalds in a Walmart? Is that a euphemism for hell?

[left-of-center2012]

5. "McDonalds in a Walmart?"

As stated in the OP, they've been there for 30 years.

[Carlitos Brigante]

18. Add breastfeeding, pitbulls and Walt "Mothertrucking" Starr to that

and you'll get the perfect DU shitstorm of an argument.......

[Scrivener7]

21. You need cornflakes or it isn't any good, dammit!

[Carlitos Brigante]

24. .

[tishaLA]

26. And circumcision. Always circumcision.

[JHB]

29. You'll need an Olive Garden inside the McDonalds inside the Walmart for that

[Carlitos Brigante]

30. Now you're just talking crazy! Do you realize what that

would do to the space /time fabric??!!!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. What are people supposed to vomit in the aisles now?

[left-of-center2012]

7. charming comment ... not

[USALiberal]

14. What the hell does that even mean? Weird

[Initech]

4. Hey! There's a McDonalds on that off shore oil rig!

[Politicub]

6. I haven't seen a McDonald's in a Walmart in a while. The ones nearest to me have Subways.

I would like some french fries now, please.

[left-of-center2012]

8. "The ones nearest to me have Subways"

And, as stated in the OP, they too will be closing.

[SCantiGOP]

9. "Let's go to Walmart and eat at McDonald's "

Is something I have never come close to saying.

[lpbk2713]

10. Now there's a special family outing.

Something to really look forward to.

[SCantiGOP]

13. Yep,

“Darlin’, put your MAGA shirt on while I mount the rebel flag on the pickup, we’re eating out tonight.”

[Botany]

11. 2 businesses I don't use

A few years ago for the 1st time in a long time.... outside of a breakfast sandwich, home fries, and OJ .... I had 2 McDonald's fish sandwiches and within 1/2 an hour my body was flushing my bowels big time. I had to go home and undress and stand in the shower.

That fixed me for Mikey D's for the rest of my life.

[USALiberal]

15. Lol, cool story! Nt

[Botany]

17. Some of my work is in big natural systems ... such as prairies and meadows and the Micky D's hit ...

... hit me when I was a 10 minutes from a toilet. I made it home but it was not pretty!

[ripcord]

12. I wouldn't be surprised if Walmart's ban on eating while shoping didn't factor in

[cinematicdiversions]

16. I have no words... I do have a picture however

[NickB79]

19. Remember Little Caesars in Kmart's?

Those were the days!

[Maru Kitteh]

22. LOL, remember K-Marts?

I haven't seen an open/operating KMart for YEARS.

[Scrivener7]

27. I'll go you one better: remember Kresge's??

One of my high school jobs was to run their lunch counter at dinner time.

[GoCubsGo]

20. They closed the one in the nearby Walmart here more than a decade ago.

I always found it odd it was there in the first place, since there's a McDonald's a block away.

[left-of-center2012]

23. Same here in Albuquerque n/t

[helpisontheway]

25. They removed McDonalds and put Domino's pizza in our Walmart. Nt

[lindysalsagal]

28. American fast "Food" is killing us. This is good news.

But I doubt the market for their empty, murderous concoctions will diminish. People are too lazy to think, shop, store, cook and clean up.