DQ parent company CEO Buffett draw $2.1M bid for lunch

July 1, 2008

Associated Press: Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which owns International Dairy Queen Inc., was surprised at a Chinese investment fund…

Culvers donates 10% of day's sales to aid disaster relief

July 1, 2008

The Decorah (Iowa) Newspapers: More than 100 participating Culver's locations, including Decorah, will donate 10 percent of sales on July 2, 2008, to local…

Culver's adds Oreo frozen custard sandwich

July 1, 2008

PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wisc. — Culver's has partnered with Kraft Foodservice, maker of the Oreo cookie, to develop a frozen-custard-filled Oreo sandwich. The…

McDonald's creates Asian-inspired food in Olympics tie-in

June 30, 2008

The Wall Street Journal: McDonald's is taking various strategies in its media blitz for the Beijing Olympic Games. Around the world, franchises are creating…

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Burger King introduces nutritionally balanced Kids Meal

June 29, 2008

MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has launched a new nutritionally balanced Burger King Kids Meal, featuring its new Fresh Apple Fries and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

Triarc looking for more Atlanta space after Wendy's buyout

June 29, 2008

Atlanta Business Chronicle: Atlanta-based Triarc Cos. Inc. wants to add offices in the city after its successful bid to buy hamburger chain Wendy's. The move…

Original Ohio White Tower restaurant to go for $1

June 29, 2008

The Toledo Blade: The first and arguably the last official White Tower restaurant in Ohio has been put up for sale for $1.   However, the buyer must pay to…

World's priciest burger a hit

June 26, 2008

Forbes: The world's most expensive hamburger, a $185 limited-edition Whopper-like sandwich sold exclusively at a branch of Burger King in the wealthy London…

McDonald's prices up in China

June 26, 2008

Rednet.cn: For the second time this year, McDonald's has raised its prices in China. Other U.S. food chains in China also are increasing menu prices. Its major…

CKE announces Q1 results

June 25, 2008

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Same-store sales for CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's chains, increased 1.8 percent for the 2009 first…

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…

Ind. 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…

Yum! 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…

Sonic'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…

N.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…

McDonald'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…

Cancer 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…

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Hardee'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…