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Yum! Q1 lobbying is $160K effort
June 25, 2008
Forbes: Yum! Brands Inc., which operates KFC, Taco Bell and other fast-food chains, spent $163,857 in the first quarter to lobby on disclosing nutritional…
read nowInd. McDonald's customers in PJs get free chicken biscuits
June 25, 2008
Noblesville (Ind.) Daily Times: McDonald's Restaurants of Central Indiana — Indianapolis, Kokomo, Lafayette, Bloomington, Muncie and Anderson — will be holding…
read nowYum! Brands again one of Black Enterprise's 40 Best in Diversity
June 24, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For the fourth consecutive year, Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of A&W All-American Food, KFC, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut and Taco…
read nowSonic's Q3 net income down, outlook hopeful
June 24, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY — System-wide sales at Sonic Corp. declined 0.4 percent for the third quarter ended May 31, 2008, the company announced. For the first nine…
read nowN.Y.Tri-State McDonald's celebrates decade of reading program
June 24, 2008
ROSELAND, N.J. — This year marks the 10th anniversary of the New York Tri-State Area's McDonald's "Check It Out" Reading Program, which offers children in…
read nowEmployees leery of palm-print scanners
June 24, 2008
Ventura County Star: Employees at a growing number of businesses, including Dunkin' Donuts, are starting and ending their days by pressing hands or fingers to…
read nowNational Restaurant Association launches Restaurant Action Network
June 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association has launched the Restaurant Action Network, a grassroots program that will focus, coordinate and expand…
read nowMcDonald's tests new smoothies
June 24, 2008
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News: Northern Michigan McDonald's restaurants, along with Bakersfield, Calif., and Rochester, N.Y., are again being used as consumer…
read nowSubway Restaurants to add UDS Group delivery in Boston
June 23, 2008
BOCA RATON, Fla. — UDS Group Inc., a provider of delivery management solutions, is partnering with Subway Restaurants to open the Boston market for delivery…
read nowTaco Bell employees chase down accused robber
June 23, 2008
Dailypress.com: A former Suffolk, Va.-Taco Bell employee has been accused of holding up the restaurant and arrested after being chased down by the manager and…
read nowNathan's Famous co-branding with Ky. Bruster's
June 23, 2008
The Cincinnati Enquirer: The owners of a new Bruster's Real Ice Cream store in Erlanger, Ky., will partner with Nathan's Famous Corp., known primarily for…
read nowCancer research institute issues warning about McDonald's diet
June 23, 2008
WASHINGTON — Health experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) have announced a warning about crash dieting in response to the so-called…
read nowInvestors eye growth in China's QSR market
June 23, 2008
Reuters: The Chinese have an increasing appetite for to-go burgers, fried chicken, pizza and noodles, which is expected to make fast food a $66 billion…
read nowU.S. restaurants look overseas
June 23, 2008
The Wall Street Journal: As the domestic restaurant industry turns increasingly dour, major brands are turning their attention abroad, where business remains…
read nowChick-Fil-A adds 40-foot cow to Turner Field
June 22, 2008
Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.): Chick-fil-A, the Atlanta-based restaurant chain, bought a 40-foot tomahawk-chopping cow which stands on two legs to stand near…
read nowHardee's founder dies
June 22, 2008
ST. LOUIS — Wilbur Hardee, 89, founder of Hardee's restaurants, died Friday, June 20, 2008. Hardee, who was born Aug. 15, 1917, in the rural community of…
read nowJack in the Box relieves gas prices with free tacos
June 22, 2008
SAN DIEGO — Jack in the Box Inc. has announced that its restaurants will offer two free tacos to customers with a valid gas receipt on June 26, 2008. "The…
read nowArby's signs to develop 35 new restaurants
June 22, 2008
ATLANTA — Arby's Restaurant Group Inc., a subsidiary of Triarc Companies Inc., has signed development agreements with new and existing franchisees to open an…
read nowFDA tomato traceback leads to Florida, Mexico
June 22, 2008
North Florida NewsDaily.com: Federal health authorities have announced that investigators looking for the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes…
read nowMinimum wage increase affects hiring
June 22, 2008
The Flint Journal on mlive.com: The Michigan state minimum wage goes up 25 cents to $7.40 an hour for adults on July 1, following a $2 increase between October…
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