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City council supports one-year fast-food ban
July 22, 2008
Los Angeles Times: A proposal that would place at least a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in the South Los Angeles area won unanimous support…
read nowSalmonella found on jalapeno, tomatoes cleared
July 21, 2008
Government inspectors have found the same bacteria linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper that was handled by…
read nowCKE same-store sales up
July 21, 2008
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc. has announced its Carl's Jr. and Hardee's period six same-store sales for the four weeks ended July 14, 2008, are up…
read nowMcDonald's offers Spy Gear Happy Meals
July 21, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Wild Planet Entertainment Inc. has announced that participating McDonald's restaurants will be offering official Spy Gear gadgets with the…
read nowMcDonald's announces Big Mac jingle contest winner
July 21, 2008
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Fans of the McDonald's Big Mac jingle have selected Jason Harper of Boynton Beach, Fla., from the company's online consumer casting call.
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Specialty coffee not so hot for McDonald's
July 20, 2008
The Wall Street Journal: McDonald's sales data suggests that its specialty coffee drinks, now in at least 1,700 locations, aren't selling well. A chart of the…
read nowSubway success due to marketing efforts
July 20, 2008
Advertising Age: While Starbucks is closing stores and McDonald's is focusing its expansion efforts abroad, Subway has plans to add 800 locations this year. …
read nowFDA clears tomatoes, investigation ongoing
July 17, 2008
Google/Associated Press: The FDA has lifted its salmonella warning on tomatoes, but continues to ask those at risk of salmonella — including the elderly and…
read nowMcDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts violate NYC menu-label law
July 17, 2008
AM New York: Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's have received the most number of violations of a New York City regulation requiring large chains to post calorie…
read nowYum! CEO blasts KFC's weak sales
July 17, 2008
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.): David Novak, chief executive officer of parent Yum! Brands, criticised KFC for its lagging sales during a conference…
read nowBurger King buys out Iowa, Nebraska franchisee
July 17, 2008
MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has announced the acquisition of 72 Burger King restaurants in the major metropolitan areas of Omaha, Neb., and Des Moines, Iowa…
read nowWash. Subway employee robbed, raped
July 17, 2008
KING5.com (Seattle): A female Lewis County, Wash., Subway employee was raped, tied up and robbed at gunpoint as she was closing the store alone. As a result, a…
read nowYum! Brands Q2 profits up 4%
July 16, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's and A&W All American Food, reported same-stores sales…
read nowNev. McDonald's franchisee pleads guilty to immigration charges
July 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that one current and one former top executive for a Reno, Nev.-area McDonald's franchisee, and the…
read nowOne-time McDonald's robber now jingle finalist
July 16, 2008
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: A man who held up a McDonald's at gunpoint when he was 14 is one of two South Florida finalists in a contest to mix a new jingle…
read nowMICROS earns 8th RSPA gold
July 16, 2008
COLUMBIA, Md. — MICROS Systems Inc., a provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, was presented with the Gold…
read nowTaleo Inc. to expand Via! Taleo in Western U.S.
July 15, 2008
IRVINE, Calif. — Taleo Inc., an authentic Mexican restaurant company, has announced it plans to build up to 11 additional Taleo Grills and up to 43 Via! Taleo…
read nowN.Y. man sues Subway over knife in bread
July 15, 2008
New York Post: A Queens, N.Y., man is suing Subway for $1 million after he said he found a 7-inch serrated knife baked into the bread of his 12-inch cold-cut…
read nowDTT Surveillance equips 3,000th Subway
July 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES — DTT Surveillance, a manufacturer of digital surveillance equipment for the restaurant and hospitality industries, has announced that during the…
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