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New Wendy's sandwich turns up the heat
March 6, 2007
DUBLIN, Ohio — Wendy's International Inc. restaurants are offering a new 4-Alarm Spicy Chicken sandwich for a limited time. The new sandwich features a…
read nowWingStreet tops 1,000 restaurants
March 6, 2007
DALLAS — Chicken-wing delivery chain WingStreet has opened its 1,000th restaurant. The restaurant, in Hamburg, Pa., features a dining room equipped with…
read nowCarl's Jr. comps fall
March 6, 2007
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc. announced that same-store sales for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurants fell 0.5 percent for the four weeks ended…
read nowCi-Ci's Pizza to have carry-out venue
March 6, 2007
St. Petersburg Times: Cici's Pizza franchise owner Georgio Bertrand will open a CiCi's to-go restaurant in St. Petersburg, Fla., later this month. The concept…
read nowHardee's testing cell phone coupons
March 5, 2007
Indianapolis Star: Hardee's restaurants in Indianapolis and St. Louis are testing coupons that customers can download to their cell phones to show to cashiers…
read nowDunkin' Donuts topples Starbucks in loyalty survey
March 5, 2007
Boston Herald: Dunkin' Donuts topped Starbucks for the first time in five years in Brand Key's annual survey of customer loyalty. Dunkin's scores rose in all…
read nowPOS expenditures to reach $5.8 billion in 2007
March 5, 2007
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — The PC-based point-of-sale market in North America experienced an 8 percent shipment increase in 2006, according a new study released by IHL…
read nowPapa John's adds some spice
March 5, 2007
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's International Inc. has partnered with Cholula Hot Sauce for a limited-time offering. Now through March 25, every Papa John's…
read nowStarbucks: Lost in lattes
March 5, 2007
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other companies worry about the cost of raw materials or economic downturns or interest rates or foreign competition or changes in…
read nowJack in the Box intros Andes mint shake
March 5, 2007
SAN DIEGO — Jack in the Box Inc. announced March 5 that it has launched the Andes Mint Shake, a confection of real vanilla ice cream, mint flavor and pieces of…
read nowArby's goes flat
March 4, 2007
ATLANTA — Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. is offering two new flatbread pita sandwiches, available for a limited time, at Arby's restaurants around the country.
read nowChurch's responds to Popeyes suit
March 4, 2007
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Officials from Church's Chicken said a lawsuit filed against the company by compteting chicken-chain Popeyes Chicken &…
read nowPopeyes chief stepping down
March 4, 2007
ATLANTA — Ken Keymer, president and chief executive of AFC Enterprises Inc., franchisor and operator of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, has announced his…
read nowArrest made in Taco Bell razor-blade hoax
March 4, 2007
KQTV (St. Joseph, Mo.): A St. Joseph, Mo., man has been arrested after allegedly filing a false police report claiming he found a razor blade in an order of…
read nowGolden Chick celebrates 40 years
March 4, 2007
DALLAS — Golden Chick, the Texas-based quick-service chain launched in 1967 as Golden Fried Chicken, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. …
read nowMcDonald's USA named Energy Star partner of the year
March 4, 2007
OAK BROOK, Ill. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named McDonald's U.S.A. its 2007 Energy Star Partner of the Year for its outstanding energy…
read nowNRA disappointed in latest legislative ruling
March 4, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association has expressed disappointment following House passage of H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act…
read nowWendy's sidesteps NYC menu regulation
March 1, 2007
Marketwatch: Wendy's International removed posters containing nutritional information from its New York-area restaurants in a bid to avoid a new city…
read nowMcDonald's beefs up California menus
March 1, 2007
Orange County Register: McDonald's Corp. is introducing three new six-ounce burgers in 600 California restaurants on March 5. The menu additions follow…
read nowLoss narrows at Arby's parent
March 1, 2007
NEW YORK — Arby's restaurant parent Triac Restaurant Group Inc., which operates approximately 3,600 restaurants through its Arby's Restaurant Group…
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