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4Q net income quadruples at Taco Cabana parent
March 1, 2007
Syracuse, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., which operates the Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana restaurant brands and is the largest Burger King franchisee…
read nowMcDonald's eyes specialty coffee drinks
February 28, 2007
BeaconNewsOnline (Chicago): McDonald's is considering adding smoothies and specialty coffee drinks to the menus of its U.S. restaurants, the company's…
read nowDunkin' Donuts launches retail coffee line
February 28, 2007
CANTON, Mass. — Dunkin' Brands Inc. and Cincinnati-based Proctor & Gamble have signed an agreement to begin distributing Dunkin' Donuts packaged coffee to…
read nowPopeyes, Church's in chicken fight
February 28, 2007
ATLANTA — AFC Enterprises Inc., operator of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits restaurants, has filed suit against Church's Chicken and a former Popeyes franchise…
read nowTaco Bell facing lawsuits over outbreak
February 28, 2007
Business First of Louisville: Taco Bell parent Yum Brands Inc. said in a Feb. 28 regulatory filing that 11 lawsuits have been filed against the company over a…
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Mystery shopping: Not a secret anymore
High-tech mystery shopping is digging up deep details that help restaurateurs improve their operations.
read nowNRA show debuts celebrity bookstore
February 28, 2007
CHICAGO — The National Restaurant Association will debut its celebrity bookstore during the NRA Hotel-Motel Show, May 19-22, in Chicago. Celebrity chefs and…
read nowTaco Bell parent closes other NYC restaurants
February 28, 2007
Boston Herald: Yum Brands Inc., the parent of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, announced it has temporarily shut down several other restaurants operated by…
read nowTaco Bueno launches Louisiana expansion
February 28, 2007
DALLAS — Taco Bueno Restaurants announced it has awarded development rights for 16 new units throughout Louisiana to three franchise partners. The agreements…
read nowFranchise concept features fast-food pizza
February 27, 2007
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Three veterans of the Oregon pizza trade have introduced Motopizza, a fast-food pizza concept featuring a drive-through format that serves…
read nowCKE to restate results
February 27, 2007
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurant chains, will restate its results for Fiscal Year 2006 due…
read nowPrince Charles calls for McDonald's ban
February 27, 2007
Chicago Tribune: Prince Charles suggested that banning McDonald's was crucial to improving people's diets. The prince made the remark during a visit to the…
read nowDel Taco units add credit card capability
February 27, 2007
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Del Taco will begin accepting credit- and debit-card payments at its 277 company-owned restaurants by the end of June, the company…
read nowWendy's to concentrate on U.S., Canada markets
February 27, 2007
Washington Post: Wendy's International Inc. plans to focus its near-term attention on increasing margins at its U.S. and Canada restaurants, chief…
read nowRestaurant-industry outlook positive despite activity-index drop
February 27, 2007
Washington, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant activity registered its largest decline in 17 months, but the NRA…
read nowInternational Restaurant Show of NY opens Sunday
February 27, 2007
NEW YORK — The 14th annual International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York will open March 4 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York…
read nowMcDonald's complaints on the rise
February 26, 2007
Globe and Mail: The number of people calling McDonald's customer complaint hotline grew in 2006, rising to an average 20.1 complaints per 100,000 guests at…
read nowMcDonald's fish campaign targets Hispanic market
February 26, 2007
ClickZNews: McDonald's is reaching out to the Hispanic market through a new mobile-phone text message ad campaign. The campaign gives customers access to free…
read nowKFC/Taco Bell issues statement about NYC rat incident
February 25, 2007
NEW YORK — KFC and Taco Bell parent Yum Brands Inc. issued a statement Feb. 23 regarding a KFC/Taco Bell cobranded restaurant in New York which became the…
read nowOriginal Wendy's slated to close
February 25, 2007
Tennessean: The Columbus, Ohio, restaurant where Wendy's founder Dave Thomas started the nation's third-largest hamburger chain nearly 40 years ago will close…
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