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Starbucks: 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…
read now4Q 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…
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…
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