Economy

Prices at McDonald’s are up, but fast-food giant wants consumers to know by how much

Perception is not reality and McDonald’s  (MCD)  has faced some of the same narrative problems (perhaps without the political overtones) that the gasoline industry has. Addressing the issue, McDonald’s President Joe Erlinger wrote an open letter to the chain’s customers.

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Tech glitch may have overcharged Walmart shoppers at self-checkout

If you’ve recently used a self-checkout kiosk at Walmart  (WMT) , and felt like your bill was abnormally high, (even amid inflation) then you were probably right. The retail giant has just admitted that it may have overcharged shoppers who opted to use self-checkout machines in March at 1,600 stores across the nation due to a technical issue, according to documents that were seen by Bloomberg News.

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