Shelly Banjo, Columnist

Hey, America, Fast Food Is Back

The trends that favored fast casual have shifted again.

December 18, 2015 at 3:31 PM UTC

Shelly Banjo leads the global business team for Bloomberg News in New York. A former New York bureau chief and senior tech writer, she’s covered business, finance and economics for two decades.

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