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The 3 Biggest Franchise Food Stories of 2018 (60-Second Video) Look back at the tastiest tales of the year.

By Dan Bova

  1. Chick-fil-A is taking flight! Despite controversies surrounding the company president's anti-same-sex marriage beliefs and the resulting protests at college campuses, , bumping down Subway.
  2. Americans are hungrier and lazier than ever, apparently. This year a major trend has seen the world's biggest fast-food chains making home delivery partnerships with the likes of Uber Eats. that McDonald's will end the year with more than 15,000 out of its 37,000 restaurants offering delivery.
  3. The biggest news in chain restaurants is lasagna -- if by big you mean calorie count. In a roundup of the most fattening regular item meals released in 2018, named Olive Garden's Lasagna Dip as the big daddy of them all with 1,890 calories and 124 grams of fat. It's an appetizer, by the way, so be sure to save room for dessert.

Happy New Year! Watch more 3 Things to Know videoes here.

Dan Bova

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