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Prince Charles calls for McDonald's ban
February 27, 2007
Chicago Tribune: Prince Charles suggested that banning McDonald's was crucial to improving people's diets. The prince made the remark during a visit to the…
read nowWendy's to concentrate on U.S., Canada markets
February 27, 2007
Washington Post: Wendy's International Inc. plans to focus its near-term attention on increasing margins at its U.S. and Canada restaurants, chief…
read nowMcDonald's complaints on the rise
February 26, 2007
Globe and Mail: The number of people calling McDonald's customer complaint hotline grew in 2006, rising to an average 20.1 complaints per 100,000 guests at…
read nowMcDonald's fish campaign targets Hispanic market
February 26, 2007
ClickZNews: McDonald's is reaching out to the Hispanic market through a new mobile-phone text message ad campaign. The campaign gives customers access to free…
read nowOriginal Wendy's slated to close
February 25, 2007
Tennessean: The Columbus, Ohio, restaurant where Wendy's founder Dave Thomas started the nation's third-largest hamburger chain nearly 40 years ago will close…
read nowMcDonald's executive bonuses top $21 million
February 21, 2007
Montgomery Advertiser: McDonald's Corp. paid CEO Jim Skinner $8.8 million in performance bonuses last week, the company disclosed in filings with the…
read nowBomb explodes at Russian McDonald's
February 18, 2007
WJZ (Baltimore): A bomb exploded at a McDonald's Restaurant in St. Petersburg on Sunday evening, injuring at least six people. There was no immediate…
read nowFatburger expands menu, goes trans-fats free
February 18, 2007
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Fatburger is making an effort to provide healthy-dining alternatives by transitioning to trans-fat-free cooking oil and adding new menu…
read nowInvestor turns up heat on McDonald's
February 15, 2007
Chicago Tribune: Bill Ackman, a principal of New York-based Pershing Square Capital Management LP, has increased his stake in the company to 18.5 million…
read nowImmokalee workers plan McDonald's protest
February 14, 2007
Reuters: A group of migrant farmworkers hope that protests planned for next month outside McDonald's Oak Brook, Ill., headquarters will persuade the fast-food…
read nowStrange News: McDonald's clown kidnapped
February 13, 2007
KhouTV11: A statue of Ronald McDonald was stolen from a Houston McDonald's in early February, and police are still looking for clues as to the clown's…
read nowFast-food franchises find stable growth in South Africa
February 13, 2007
AllAfrica.com: The fast-food franchise industry is experiencing a boom in South Africa after a long period of stagnation, according to a recent study by…
read nowArby's signs franchise development agreements
February 13, 2007
ATLANTA — Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. signed development agreements during the fourth quarter of 2006 for 51 Arby's locations throughout North America. This…
read nowWendy's learns from past breakfast mistakes
February 11, 2007
MSNBC: When Wendy's International Inc. starts rolling out breakfast offerings at its restaurants later this year, the company will be looking at its own…
read nowCKE comps up for January
February 7, 2007
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc. posted a same-store sales increase of 2.1 percent for its Carl's Jr. brand for the four-week period ended Jan. 29.
read nowMcDonald's global comps up nearly 5 percent
February 7, 2007
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Global same-store sales for McDonald's Corp. restaurants open at least 13 months increased 4.9 percent in January, the company announced in…
read nowPhilippine court upholds McDonald's trademarks
February 6, 2007
Marketwatch: The Philippine Supreme Court has upheld the right of McDonald's Corp. to protect its trademarks from infringement by a restaurant company in that…
read nowWhite Castle taking Valentines Day reservations
February 6, 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio — White Castle Management Co. is offering a way for sweethearts on a budget to celebrate Valentine's Day this year. Between 5 and 8 p.m. on…
read nowBurger King, Immokalee end tomato-picker wage talks
February 5, 2007
MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has declined to accept the "penny per pound" proposal submitted to them by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' (CIW) to increase…
read nowWendy's looks to breakfast for growth
February 5, 2007
The Street: Wendy's International Inc. plans to begin offering breakfast in 20 to 30 percent of its 5,950 U.S. restaurants this year, according to chief…
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