Business Strategy and Profitability News & Media

Yum! Brands okays separation, increases dividend and appoints board member

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Lots of high-level action occurring this week at Yum Brands with its board of directors giving the go-ahead to the previously announced separation of the…

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Sonic leadership: Q4 results below our expectations

September 28, 2016

Sonic today announced that its preliminary fourth fiscal quarter results were not as good as expected but showed growth, however.

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Wake up, restaurateurs - Thursday is Coffee Day

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Restaurants are hoping to entice coffee lovers with freebies on National Coffee Day.

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Dunkin' Donuts goes west with 12,000th location

September 27, 2016

Dunkin’ Donuts has been very busy following that credo to "go west" over the last year, as proven this week by the opening of the chain’s 12,000th restaurant…

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Sonic moves into super-sonic phase with Limeade for Learning campaign

September 27, 2016

The drive-in chain kicked off its Limeade for Learning campaign, this week, by empowering its customers to vote for how the chain will parse out $1 million in…

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Ben's Soft Pretzels ties up a bundle of new sports team business

September 27, 2016

It’s salty, portable, and goes great with beer, so it may have been a foregone conclusion that Ben’s Soft Pretzels would become popular fodder for sports…

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DQ LTO gives customers all-day value meal

September 27, 2016

Dairy Queen customers like the chain's $5 lunch value meal and have filled the brand's social media venues with requests to make the offering available all…

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McDonald’s hits upon big dollar-saving solution to desk-less worker dilemma

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

When it comes to communicating with and training for the desk-less workers of food service, McDonald's may have hit upon a big dollar-saving solution with a…

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Hot Dog on a Stick 'sticks it' to customers this Halloween

September 26, 2016

Hot Dog on a Stick knows its customers want their dogs fast. That’s why the chain today begins an online order-ahead service, as well as a fall-related…

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Taco John's new LTOs start the fire, then put it out

September 26, 2016

Taco John’s is introducing two LTOs — one to start the fire and another to quench it. The new offerings, available until Nov. 27,according to a news release…

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Bruster's dishes up a franchisee deal in the Tar Heel State

September 26, 2016

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream wants to scoop up some new franchisees for outlets in North Carolina’s large and growing Piedmont Triad, so it’s actually having a…

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Wake up kids! McDonald's piloting a Happy Meal breakfast

September 26, 2016

McDonald's hasn't touched its Happy Meal in 30 years, but today that ends — at least in the Tulsa market, as the giant chain kicks off a All Day Breakfast…

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Dunkin' Donuts hoping to capitalize on National Coffee Day

September 23, 2016

Dunkin’ Donuts is using National Coffee Day, Sept. 29, to celebrate its 66th year in business by offering customers any medium-sized coffee for 66 cents on…

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Dunkin' names veteran McDonald's exec as president

September 22, 2016

Longtime McDonald’s executive David Hoffmann is president of Dunkin’ Donuts U.S. and Canada, effective Oct. 3. Hoffmann comes to the brand after 22 years with…

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"Mais oui!" McCafe makes Paris debut

September 22, 2016

McDonald's may be one of the biggest and oldest QSR chains, but proof that the brand's coffee-and-pastry-centric McCafe is still in the caterpillar stage just…

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Rooting out today's top culinary trends

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Root vegetables are the food service trend of the moment, according to research on the top plant-based edibles in restaurant kitchens and menus from market…

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Texas groups join NRF to sue Labor Department over new overtime rule

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

A group of Texas chambers of commerce has joined the NRF to file suit on behalf of the "millions of employers and employees" that the groups say the new rules…

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Carvel hits growth spurt in the Garden State

September 20, 2016

Carvel is growing New Jersey with plans for 20 locations in the coming years, according to a news release. The chain has 51 units there.

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Study: Twice as many chains now banning antibiotic-fed meats

September 20, 2016

Consumers have demanded that chains stop using antibiotic-fed meat, and it appears that the fast food industry is listening. Nearly twice as many fast-food…

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Bone marrow, server training among US Foods offerings

September 20, 2016

US Foods is taking a pro-active approach to gaining restaurant buy-in for its fall line-up of food service products, not only offering a server training…

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