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Study: Americans spend $500M on fast food
May 28, 2008
WSYR: A study released by Chicago-based Research International shows Americans are spending an average of $500 million a year on quick-service restaurants. The…
read nowBurger King in hot water over movie promotion
May 27, 2008
Guardian.co.UK: Food campaigners in the United Kingdom have attacked a marketing campaign by Burger King there linked to the new Indiana Jones film. Critics…
read nowMcDonald's, SeaWorld offer discount to Calif. residents
May 22, 2008
SAN DIEGO — Through June 23, patrons to any San Diego McDonald's restaurant can pick up a coupon to receive a $10 discount and a complimentary second visit to…
read nowMcDonald's testing RFID coupons in Japan
May 22, 2008
Wired: McDonald's is testing a new e-coupon system in Japan called the Kasazu, or contactless, coupon. The coupon is a payment application that is downloaded…
read nowWhataburger names three new regional directors
May 21, 2008
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Whataburger Restaurants LP has named Carlos Rodriguez as regional director of operations for the chain's Southwest region, the company…
read nowMcDonald's announces quarterly dividend
May 21, 2008
OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 0.375 cents per share of common stock payable on June 23, 2008, to…
read nowMcDonald's sues over Paris rent
May 20, 2008
Calgary Herald: McDonald's Corp. is suing its French landlord after the rent for its outlet on the Champs-Elysees doubled in five years. The restaurant in the…
read nowWendy's partners with Screenlife for Kids Meal game
May 20, 2008
SEATTLE — Wendy's International has partnered with Screenlife LLC, the creator of Scene It? The DVD Game, to include four mini-Scene It? games to Wendy's Kids…
read nowCarl's Jr. & Hardee's in fake restaurant prank
May 20, 2008
CARPENTERIA, Calif. — A new advertising campaign for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurants, called "Fake Restaurant," captures on hidden camera the experience of…
read nowWendy's launches Frosty Shakes
May 20, 2008
DUBLIN, Ohio — Wendy's has introduced a new line of hand-spun Frosty Shakes in three flavors: Vanilla Bean, Chocolate Fudge and Strawberry, all topped with…
read nowBurger King saga points out need for online rules
May 19, 2008
Miami Herald: Burger King Corp. fired two officials last week for ''unauthorized activity'' on public Web sites. Industry experts say what happened at the…
read nowMcDonald's Japan ordered to pay overtime to managers
May 19, 2008
Reuters: McDonald's Japan said it would begin paying overtime to restaurant managers starting in August following a court order for the hamburger chain to pay…
read nowCross-dressing bandit caught on tape
May 19, 2008
NBC Augusta (Georgia): Police are searching for a cross-dressing man who robbed a Burger King restaurant in New Orleans May 11. The thief climbed in the…
read nowBoardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries opens first mall location
May 18, 2008
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries, an Ocean City, Md.-based fast-casual concept serving made-to-order burgers and fries, has opened its…
read nowBurger King rolls out Indiana Jones promo
May 15, 2008
MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has rolled out a promotion tied to the release of the movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." The promotion…
read nowHardee's intros Prime Rib Thickburger
May 14, 2008
ST. LOUIS — Hardee's is bucking the value-meal trend with its new Prime Rib Thickburger, a charbroiled, one-third pound Black Angus beef patty topped with…
read nowJack in the Box comps off slightly
May 13, 2008
SAN DIEGO — Comparable-store sales at Jack in the Box company restaurants decreased 0.1 percent in the fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March 13, 2008, the…
read nowMcDonald's to partner with WNBA
May 13, 2008
NEW YORK — The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and McDonald's has announced a new marketing partnership that will make McDonald's the presenting…
read nowWendy's preps for job cuts
May 12, 2008
Houston Chronicle: Employees of Wendy's International Inc. should prepare for job cuts as the acquisition of the hamburger chain by Arby's owner Triarc Cos.
read nowWendy's owner fined $50K over worker pay
May 12, 2008
Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.): A company that operated 13 Wendy's restaurants in Western Massachusetts has been fined $50,000 for failing to pay wages to…
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