McDonald's, ezCater, and 7-Eleven are the three companies featured in Nation's Restaurant News' latest industry roundup, spanning quick-service restaurants, corporate catering technology, and convenience retail.

The trio reflects the breadth of channels now competing for foodservice dollars, from burger giants to catering marketplaces to convenience-store food programs.

What connects these three operators?

All three sit at different points of the food-away-from-home economy:

• McDonald's, the world's largest burger chain by systemwide sales
• ezCater, a corporate catering ordering platform serving business clients
• 7-Eleven, the convenience retailer expanding its prepared-food offer

The distribution of headlines across QSR, catering tech, and c-store formats underscores how blurred the boundaries between restaurant segments have become, as convenience retailers build food programs and tech platforms reshape catering demand.

Readers can find the full roundup at Nation's Restaurant News.

Expect continued coverage of how these operators' individual moves — in menu, technology, and store formats — shape competitive pressure across quick service, catering, and convenience foodservice in the months ahead.