Burger King extends athletic sponsorships

July 23, 2007

MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has announced that it will become the primary sponsor of two high school football events: the 2007 Burger King Kirk Herbstreit Ohio…

NASCAR's Matt Kenseth to work Arby's drive-thru

July 23, 2007

ATLANTA — NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth will make a surprise appearance working the drive-thru at one of Arby's 3,600 restaurants nationwide July 26 from noon to…

McDonald's revenue up 12 percent

July 23, 2007

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Global same-store sales at McDonald's Corp. increased 7.4 percent for the second quarter ended June 30, the company announced.   Revenues…

Cousins Subs inks 30-store development agreement

July 23, 2007

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. — Cousins Subs has announced its newest area developer, Mark Beierle, for the southeastern Wisconsin and Rockford, Ill., area. Beierle…

Chick-fil-A taps Bob the Builder for brand buildup

July 23, 2007

ATLANTA — Restaurant chain Chick-fil-A Inc. is partnering with New York-based preschool entertainment provider HIT Entertainment in a promotion featuring…

Taco Bell, KFC sued over receipt info

July 23, 2007

Louisville Courier-Journal: Two separate lawsuits filed last month allege that fast-food chains KFC and Taco Bell failed to comply with a law limiting the…

Minimum wage increase takes effect

July 23, 2007

Washington Post: Minimum wage rises 70 cents to $5.85 an hour today, the first increase in a decade.   The increase ends the longest span without a federal…

RTI adds three new electronic ordering partners

July 22, 2007

ATLANTA — Restaurant Technology Inc., provider of Web-based restaurant back-office systems, has joined with three major foodservice distributors to provide…

Popeyes extends partnership with food bank network

July 22, 2007

ATLANTA — Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and America's Second Harvest have extended their Virtual Food Bank program until Aug. 15, the organizations have…

Subway launches Scrabble sweepstakes

July 22, 2007

MILFORD, Conn. — Subway restaurants has launched the Subway Scrabble Game, giving players the chance to win one of ten $100,000 grand prizes, Caribbean…

Jack in the Box debuts ice cream floats

July 22, 2007

SAN DIEGO — Jack in the Box has unveiled its Real Ice Cream Floats, featuring real vanilla ice cream mixed with a choice of soda, including Barq's Root Beer…

SICOM Systems touted as top Burger King vendor

July 19, 2007

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — SICOM Systems Inc. has been selected by Burger King Corp. as its Supplier of the Year.   The award was presented to SICOM at the 2007 Burger…

Canadian KFC operator runs 2Q loss

July 19, 2007

Toronto Star: Comparable-store sales at Canadian restaurant operator Priszm Income Fund fell 5 percent in the second quarter, the company announced. The…

McDonald's, others to limit marketing to kids

July 19, 2007

Michigan Live: Eleven of the nation's biggest food and drink companies, including McDonald's USA, plan to adopt new rules limiting advertising to children…

McDonald's pulls tainted milk from Japan stores

July 18, 2007

Businessweek: McDonald's Japan pulled more than 13,500 cartons of milk from its restaurants because they could be contaminated with coliform bacteria, the…

McDonald's drive-thru worker shot, killed

July 18, 2007

MyFox Philadephia: An assistant manager at a McDonald's restaurant in Reading, Pa., died after being shot in the head while working at the drive-thru window.

Taking rodents off the menu

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Hardee's launches Orange Cream shakes & malts

July 17, 2007

ST. LOUIS — Hardee's restaurants are adding Orange Cream Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Shake & Malts to their menus for a limited time.   Orange Cream…

Burger King in Simpsons tie-in

July 17, 2007

MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has launched an interactive Web site that will allow users to convert digital photos into "Simpsonized" versions of themselves. …

Virginia Bojangles franchise named top performer

July 17, 2007

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After an annual review process of franchisees across the system, Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits has named the Rocky Mount, Va.…