 Pleasure with us. Welcome to Wednesday. The nation's biggest restaurant chains are duking it out over deals and discounts. The restaurant industry's race to coax back inflation-fatigued customers comes after roughly three years of rapidly increasing menu prices. It's a story by Heather Haddon, restaurant reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Heather, what's trending? Restaurants say that they've heard loud and clear that customers have basically fed up, that prices have gotten too high. McDonald's president said that in a note to consumers yesterday.