fast-food
adjective
1
: of, relating to, or specializing in food that can be prepared and served quickly
a fast-food restaurant
2
: designed for ready availability, use, or consumption and with little consideration given to quality or significance
fast-food TV programming
fast food
noun
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Yum China — Shares slid more than 1% after Yum China, the fast-food company spun off from Yum Brands, reported disappointing first-quarter results.
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Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
The storefront that formerly housed Volare Italian Cuisine, Pizza & Wine Bar (and before that, Italian fast-food joint Pick-ITA-UP, and before that, Bowlicious) is now this Colombian-centric, pan-Latin chain founded by Alvaro Tobar in South Florida.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2025
Shephard recalled that one of them had worn a fast-food uniform.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The decision to sell stores as well as the Del Taco chain comes at a time when fast-food restaurants in general face a number of challenges, including higher wages in California, food cost inflation and, more recently, a pullback in spending by consumers in the face of economic uncertainty.
—Lori Weisberg, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
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Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
The storefront that formerly housed Volare Italian Cuisine, Pizza & Wine Bar (and before that, Italian fast-food joint Pick-ITA-UP, and before that, Bowlicious) is now this Colombian-centric, pan-Latin chain founded by Alvaro Tobar in South Florida.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2025
Shephard recalled that one of them had worn a fast-food uniform.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The decision to sell stores as well as the Del Taco chain comes at a time when fast-food restaurants in general face a number of challenges, including higher wages in California, food cost inflation and, more recently, a pullback in spending by consumers in the face of economic uncertainty.
—Lori Weisberg, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Fast-food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-food. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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