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Network Services Co. ranks SCA Tissue No. 1
May 11, 2008
PHILADELPHIA — SCA Tissue was ranked as the No. 1 supplier in 2007 by the members and owners of Network Services Co., North America's distributor network of…
read nowMcCain to address NRA Show attendees
May 11, 2008
CHICAGO — Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain will address restaurant and foodservice professionals attending the 89th annual National…
read nowKFC partners with NBA
May 8, 2008
PANAMA CITY, Panama — KFC International and the National Basketball Association have announced a new promotional partnership that will include activities in 2…
read nowYum! VP sells 18K shares
May 8, 2008
Forbes: A Yum! Brands Inc. senior vice president has exercised options for 18,730 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and…
read nowDairy Queen tests Sweet Deals
May 8, 2008
Kentucky.com: A mix-and-match value menu that includes desserts is being tested at 35 DQ Grill & Chill and Dairy Queen locations throughout Kentucky. The…
read nowNexCen to offer Freshëns products
May 8, 2008
NEW YORK — NexCen Brands Inc., owner of the Marble Slab Creamery, MaggieMoo's, Pretzel Time, Pretzelmaker, and Great American Cookies franchised brands, has…
read nowCarvel launches Arctic Summer Sweepstakes
May 7, 2008
ATLANTA — Carvel Ice Cream's spokeswhale, Fudgie, is breaking into mobile marketing with Carvel's Arctic Summer Sweepstakes. He is asking consumers to text…
read nowTyson newsletter addresses snack-based dining
May 7, 2008
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The spring issue of the Tyson Food Service Insights & Discovery newsletter examines the growing consumer trend of consumers letting…
read nowMcDonald's U.S. comps up 2%
May 7, 2008
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Global comparable-store sales at McDonald's Corp. increased 5 percent in April and 6.8 percent year-to-date, the company has announced.
read nowMaggieMoo's intros new product packaging
May 7, 2008
NEW YORK — NexCen Brands Inc., parent company of MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery, has unveiled a new package design for MaggieMoo's "to go" containers. …
read nowDairy Queen names Gainor CEO
May 7, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — International Dairy Queen Inc. has named John P. Gainor president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2008. He replaces Charles W.
read nowWingStreet named fastest-growing chain
May 7, 2008
DALLAS — WingStreet was recently recognized by consumer and retail market research firm NPD Group as the fastest-growing chain in the quick-service restaurant…
read nowCousins Subs selects ONOSYS for Web ordering
May 6, 2008
CLEVELAND — ONOSYS Online Ordering, provider of remote-ordering technologies for pizza, quick-serve, and casual-dining restaurants, has announced that Cousins…
read nowBaskin-Robbins co-founder passes away
May 6, 2008
AFP: Irvine Robbins, cofounder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain, has died at the age of 90. Robbins started the chain with late brother-in-law Burt Baskin…
read nowJack in the Box to discuss Q2 results
May 6, 2008
SAN DIEGO — Jack in the Box Inc. will discuss operating results for the second quarter of its 2008 fiscal year during a May 14 conference call at 8 a.m. PDT. …
read nowMcDonald's to host nationwide sampling event
May 5, 2008
CHICAGO — McDonald's will offer customers the opportunity to try its new Southern Style Chicken Biscuit and Sandwich during a nationwide sampling event May 1…
read nowMary Brown's pulls ad after church complaint
May 5, 2008
The Canadian Press: The Canadian chicken chain Mary Brown's has pulled a marketing campaign after the company received a complaint from a Roman Catholic…
read nowYum! quarterly dividend increases 27%
May 5, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc. has announced that its board of directors approved a 27 percent increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend from 1…
read nowBurger King gives common stock secondary offering
May 5, 2008
MIAMI — Burger King Holdings Inc. has announced that the private equity funds controlled by TPG Capital, Bain Capital Partners and the Goldman Sachs Funds…
read nowBurger King investigates VP's message board postings
May 5, 2008
The News-Press (Ft. Myers, Fla.): Burger King is investigating online postings made by one of its vice presidents criticizing the farm worker's group the…
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