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Mashable examines top 40 brands on Twitter
January 21, 2009
Advertising Age: Technology news blog site Mashable has compiled the 40 best brand accounts on Twitter and the people behind them. The identities of the…
read nowCarl's Jr., Hardee's upgrade training centers, programs
January 20, 2009
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc. is instituting Star Academy management-training centers for its Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurant chains, the…
read nowBurger King marketing is rebranding genius
January 20, 2009
Brandweek: Burger King has had a marketing turnaround since Russ Klein signed on as chief marketing officer in 2003, and hired Crispin Porter + Bogusky in…
read nowResearch and Markets offers U.S. fast food trend report
January 20, 2009
DUBLIN, Ireland — Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2009 Trendology: U.S. Fast Food Restaurants" report to its offerings. The 200…
read nowN.C. Hardee's offer Duke vs. UNC promo
January 18, 2009
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Hardee's restaurants in North Carolina are offering a statewide Hardee's scratch-and-win promotion Jan. 27, with one grand prize winner to…
read nowFacebook cans Burger King's Whopper Sacrifice app
January 15, 2009
Burger King's viral Web site Whopper Sacrifice, which allowed visitors to download an application that would allow them to notify friends they had been…
read nowBurger King to hold Q2 conference call
January 15, 2009
MIAMI — Burger King Holdings Inc. has announced it will hold its second quarter earnings call Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. Eastern time following the release of its…
read nowUtah Carl's Jr. customer accidentally shoots toilet
January 14, 2009
The Salt Lake Tribune: A customer at a Centerville, Utah, Carl's Jr. accidentally dropped his pistol in the restroom, causing it to discharge and shatter a…
read nowHardee's meets strategic refranchising goal
January 14, 2009
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc. has announced the sale of 11 Hardee's restaurants in the Jefferson City and Columbia, Mo., markets to Rising Stars…
read nowFranklin, Tenn., Krystal to hold free sampling day
January 13, 2009
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Krystal Co. has announced that its Franklin, Tenn., franchise partner will celebrate its new restaurant location by hosting a free…
read nowWendy's to revamp breakfast menu test
January 13, 2009
Kansas City Business Journal: Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. will cut the number of Wendy's restaurants that serve breakfast and test market a new breakfast menu in…
read nowMcDonald's launches $750M two-part note sale
January 13, 2009
Reuters: McDonald's Corp. has issued $750 million of debt in a two-part sale, according to Thomson Reuters service IFR. The sale includes $400 million in…
read now'Whopper Virgins' earns viral success for Burger King
January 12, 2009
Advertising Age.com: Burger King's recent "Whopper Virgins" campaign is on track to replicate the online success of the company's earlier viral success…
read nowMcDonald's names First Data as U.S. Technology Supplier of Year
January 12, 2009
OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald's has awarded the second-annual U.S. Technology Supplier of the Year Award to First Data, a provider of electronic commerce and…
read nowParTech InFusion POS selected by Okla. Burger King franchisee
January 12, 2009
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — ParTech Inc., a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp., has announced that it has been selected as the complete technology provider for Pamax…
read nowMcDonald's links success to corporate refocus
January 11, 2009
The New York Times: In the mid-1990s, McDonald's was struggling to find its identity amid new competitors and changing consumer tastes as it tried one failed…
read nowBurger King kicks off Visa, Facebook promotions
January 8, 2009
MIAMI — Burger King Corp. is rewarding guests who use their Visa cards with chances to win a $1,000 Amazon.com gift card or $1,000 Amazon.ca gift certificate.
read nowCKE announces new president, vice chair
January 8, 2009
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc. has promoted E. Michael Murphy, the company's current chief administrative officer and general counsel, to president…
read nowWhite Castle packaging goes brown to go green
January 8, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — White Castle restaurants will introduce new "green" food packaging in all 412 locations over the next few weeks. The formerly white paper sack…
read nowSonic Q1 profits take a nosedive
January 7, 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY — Sonic Corp.'s net income for the first quarter ended Nov. 30 declined nearly 48 percent to $7.1 million, down from $13.6 million reported in…
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