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Western food show offers tips, new products
August 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES — The Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo kicked off Aug. 23 with up to 15,000 industry professionals seeing what's hot in the foodservice…
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August 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES — The Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo opened Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. Pacific time in Los Angeles. Held in the Los Angeles Convention Center…
read nowKrystal, FSN South ink broadcast partnership
August 21, 2008
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Krystal Co. and FSN South have announced a broadcast partnership for the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship, the…
read nowMass. lawmaker seeks statewide trans-fat ban
August 21, 2008
The Boston Globe: The Massachusetts public health commissioner has responded enthusiastically to a lawmaker's request that his agency impose a statewide ban on…
read nowDunkin' Donuts tests new ad technology
August 21, 2008
The Wall Street Journal: Dunkin' Donuts has started to test a new advertising technology at two locations in Buffalo, N.Y. People ordering coffee in the…
read nowRadiant Systems, Burger King expand tech partnership
August 21, 2008
ATLANTA — Radiant Systems Inc. has announced that it has surpassed 1,200 installed and committed sites with franchisees of Burger King Corp. in the United…
read nowDairy Queen intros Iron Grilled Sandwiches
August 20, 2008
Dairy Queen has announced the launch of three new Iron Grilled Sandwiches at participating locations nationwide. Served fresh and hot off the grill, the…
read nowBojangles' announces five years of comp growth
August 20, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bojangles' Restaurants Inc. has announced it has achieved a company and quick-service industry milestone with its 60th consecutive month of…
read nowBurger King Q4 comps up 5.3%
August 20, 2008
MIAMI — Comparable-store sales at Burger King Holdings Inc. restaurants increased 5.3 percent for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2008, making it the 18th…
read nowRecipes for Restaurateurs marketing guide debuts
August 20, 2008
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Duke Marketing Publishing has announced the debut of "Four Star Restaurant Marketing Cookbook-Recipes for Restaurateurs," a comprehensive…
read nowTulsa Chick-fil-A owner sets lemonade cup record
August 20, 2008
TULSA, Okla. — The Chick-fil-A restaurant at Eastside Market in Tulsa, Okla., found a bigger-than-life way to commemorate "National Lemonade Day" by setting a…
read nowSalmonella outbreak may have had warning signs
August 20, 2008
KXAN (Austin, Texas): An Associated Press review of Food and Drug Administration records has found there was a warning sign ahead of the recent salmonella…
read nowPopeyes parent reports Q2 comps down
August 20, 2008
ATLANTA — Popeyes parent, AFC Enterprises Inc., has reported same-store sales were down for the second quarter ended July 13, 2008, despite a slight…
read nowMcDonald's McCafes open in Central Ohio
August 19, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio — McDonald's has announced the launch of its McCafe Coffees in Central Ohio. The Central Ohio Co-Op for McDonald's is one of the first markets…
read nowHardee's, Carl's Jr. Q2 comps up
August 19, 2008
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Blended same-store sales for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's parent CKE Restaurants Inc. were up 3.6 percent for the second quarter ended Aug.
read nowAnalysts expect Burger King to report growth
August 19, 2008
Forbes: Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect Burger King Corp. to report a profit of 34 cents per share and revenue of $634.6 million for the company's…
read nowChick-fil-A owner attempts largest lemonade record
August 19, 2008
The (Oklahoma City) Journal Record: A Tulsa, Okla., Chick-fil-A owner has added a 9-foot-tall replica of a Chick-Fil-A cup at his store in an attempt to break…
read nowCanadian McDonald's prepared meat recalled
August 19, 2008
TheSpec.com: Cold cuts served at McDonald's and Mr. Sub restaurants in Canada are among prepared-meat products now being recalled because of bacterial…
read nowCold Stone opens 100th international store
August 18, 2008
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cold Stone Creamery has announced the super-premium ice cream concept has reached two milestones in its international expansion after just…
read nowSome Olympians enjoy McDonald's diet
August 18, 2008
Commercial Alert: Olympic athletes traditionally have been known for their years of discipline in training and strict diets, but some top athletes in Beijing…
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