McDonalds and Sonic ring in the holidays with reusable stored value cards

December 2, 2005

Two of the nation's most popular quick-service restaurants are making holiday shopping a lot easier with reusable stored-value gift cards.  Now available for…

McDonald's: Why don't you just ... ?

November 28, 2005

Pershing Square Capital Management's Bill Ackman unveiled a plan to help McDonald's unlock the hidden value of its substantial real estate portfolio.

Investor details call for McDonald's spinoff

November 21, 2005

Late last month, the largest QSR franchise in the nation McDonald's Corp., said it has no plans to undertake a large-scale restructuring, either through a…

Checkers®/Rally's® Celebrates 20 Years

November 21, 2005

Drive-In Restaurants, Inc., the nation's largest double drive-thru chain, today announced that it is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Checkers® and…

White Castle's Roma Tomato Burger available for limited time

November 21, 2005

For a limited time customers visiting the quick-service restaurant White Castle in New York and New Jersey can order a tasty new sandwich. Beginning November…

KFC prepares bird flu ad

November 9, 2005

In coming days, KFC will have television commercials ready to reassure customers that its chicken is safe to eat in the event of a bird flu outbreak. The QSR…

Good traffic, but less spending expected in slowing economy

Every segment of the restaurant industry will feel the impact of reduced spending, but experts believe that the quick-service segment will suffer the least for…

Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits introduces a bigger, better bird

October 31, 2005

Just in time for the holiday's, the world's second-largest quick-service chicken concept, Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, is introducing the bigger, better Cajun…

Chick-fil-A introduces "Cows in Shining Armor" calendar

October 31, 2005

Chick-fil-A, one of the nation's leading chicken-driven quick serve restaurants, is proud to introduce their annual Cow Calendar featuring the cows from their…

RANCH ONE Franchises will offer limited time new sandwich

October 28, 2005

The RANCH ONE grilled chicken restaurants across the United States will begin offering the new "Crispy Chicken Club Sandwich" Nov. 1. This up and coming QSR…

Fast food goes for a touch of gourmet

October 25, 2005

Fast food is getting pretty fancy these days. Between Tuscan Grilled chicken at Sonic to the portobello mushroom burger at Carl's Jr, the QSR industry is…

Chicken trends are something to cluck about!

October 16, 2005

Fried, roasted or grilled. Americans are eating more chicken than ever before. It turns out that chicken is the most popular of all meats -- leading pork…

Church's Chicken raises new restaurant with state-of-the-art ''Pre-Fab'' technology

October 16, 2005

Church's Chicken® Raises New Restaurant in Nine Hours with State-of-the-Art ''Pre-Fab'' Technology; Company Officials Unveil ''The Future of Church's Chicke…

Zagat releases 2006 New York City Restaurant Survey

October 16, 2005

And the Winners Are: Le Bernardin Top Food, Gramercy Tavern Most Popular, Daniel for Decor, per se Takes Best Service and Nets Highest Overall Ratings In Best…

Des Moines' First Chick-fil-A Restaurant Opens

October 10, 2005

Chick-fil-A Operator to Match Customers' Hurricane Donations Up to $1,000 A Free One-Year Supply of Chick-fil-A Being Awarded to First 100 People in Line at…

Analyst: Value in a McDonald's spinoff

October 10, 2005

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- McDonald's Corp. shares got back on an upward path Tuesday after a UBS Investment Research analyst backed suggestions that the…

Ark Restaurants announces declaration of dividend

October 10, 2005

10/11/2005 1:11:07 PM NEW YORK, Oct 11, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) announced today that the Board of Directors declared its regular…

KFC invests in Geac MPC

October 9, 2005

High Street fast food giant selects Geac's performance management solution to help plan strategic operations.

Smoking the fast-food industry

October 5, 2005

Fight against warning labels reminiscent of tobacco fray

Yum Brands lifts view on solid results

October 4, 2005

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Yum Brands Inc. said Wednesday that strong global expansion helped boost third-quarter profit by 16%, enabling the operator of Pizza…