The decline of the dollar menu

QSR operators face challenges to sustain low-cost fare.

Krispy Kreme brings back football doughnuts

August 24, 2008

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has rolled out football doughnuts in time for the season opener.   The doughnuts are cut into small football…

Dunkin' Donuts spying techniques brought to light

August 24, 2008

BlueMauMau: Dunkin' Brands' past litigation against its mom and pop franchisees over underreporting issues was foreshadowed by a presentation given by its…

Dunkin' Donuts tests new ad technology

August 21, 2008

The Wall Street Journal: Dunkin' Donuts has started to test a new advertising technology at two locations in Buffalo, N.Y. People ordering coffee in the…

Dairy Queen intros Iron Grilled Sandwiches

August 20, 2008

Dairy Queen has announced the launch of three new Iron Grilled Sandwiches at participating locations nationwide.   Served fresh and hot off the grill, the…

McDonald's McCafes open in Central Ohio

August 19, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio — McDonald's has announced the launch of its McCafe Coffees in Central Ohio. The Central Ohio Co-Op for McDonald's is one of the first markets…

Cold Stone opens 100th international store

August 18, 2008

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cold Stone Creamery has announced the super-premium ice cream concept has reached two milestones in its international expansion after just…

Dunkin' Donuts plans stores in Krispy Kreme hometown

August 18, 2008

Winston-Salem Journal: Franchisees for Dunkin' Donuts, the nation's largest coffee-and-doughnut franchise, plan to bring at least 13 stores to Forsyth and…

R&I names top Consumers' Choice chains

August 18, 2008

CHICAGO — Restaurants & Institutions has announced the winners of its 28th annual Consumers' Choice in Chains study. The award winners are selected by a…

NexCen CEO resigns, company restructures debt

August 17, 2008

NEW YORK — NexCen Brands Inc., which franchises Marble Slab Creamery, MaggieMoo's, Pretzel Time, Pretzelmaker and Great American Cookies, has announced that…

Dunkin Donuts, Baskin-Robbins end co-branding

August 14, 2008

Jacksonville Business Journal: Future Northeast Florida Baskin-Robbins locations won't share space with Dunkin' Donuts. For several years, most of the Dunkin…

Dunkin' Donuts event raises $800K for cancer research

August 13, 2008

BELLINGHAM, Mass. — New England-area Dunkin' Donuts store owners on Aug. 11, 2008, raised just over $800,000 for a regional charity.   The owners participated…

Dunkin' flatbread success leads to Egg White Sandwich

August 12, 2008

Dunkin' Donuts has launched its new DDSMART menu featuring a surprising new menu item for a quick-serve restaurant, the Egg White Flatbread Sandwich. …

Cinnabon moves into London's Piccadilly Circus

August 11, 2008

ATLANTA — Cinnabon Inc. has announced the opening of its first United Kingdom bakery, located in London at Trocadero Mall in the world-famous Piccadilly…

Cold Stone launches ice cream creation contest

August 11, 2008

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cold Stone Creamery has announced the launch of its iMix America Ice Cream Creation Contest, an interactive and progressive contest…

QSRs bank on beverages

Specialty drinks add up to higher checks as beverage sales soar.

MaggieMoo's, Marble Slab promote 3-D animated film

August 10, 2008

LOS ANGELES — Summit Entertainment has announced a partnership with NexCen Brands' MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery and Marble Slab Creamery to support its…

Krispy Kreme signs Malaysia franchise development deal

August 7, 2008

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has entered into a franchise agreement with Berjaya Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Sdn Bhd in Malaysia for the…

Man arrested in Dunkin' Donuts gift-card scam

August 6, 2008

The Boston Globe: Police charged Kevin Nguyen, 24, of Dorchester, Mass., with larceny over $250 as a suspect in a $100,000-plus scheme using stolen…

Dunkin' Donuts announces 100+ new Houston stores

August 6, 2008

CANTON, Mass. —  Dunkin' Donuts has announced the signing of two multiunit-store-development agreements for 107 new restaurants in Houston.   The agreement…