McDonald’s uses AI to set an optimal price at each store, Reuters reports
THE SO WHAT
AI-driven, store-level dynamic pricing at nearly 14,000 locations means menu prices are now an algorithmic lever, not a brand constant. Any multi-unit operator still pricing manually is leaving money and insight on the table—start by instrumenting demand elasticity at the SKU and location level.
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