Cutting costs with kitchen technology

Zaxby's restaurants are enlisting robots to help trim training time and cut food costs.

Burger King to go cage-free

March 27, 2007

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Burger King officials announced this week that the company planned to start buying eggs and pork from suppliers that did not…

Kabuli Grill opens fifth Canada restaurant

March 27, 2007

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada —  Kabuli Grill Ltd., a quick-service concept serving Indian food, has opened its fifth restaurant in Western Canada. The newest…

Wendy's intros new Frescata sandwich

March 26, 2007

DUBLIN, Ohio — Wendy's is introducing the newest member of its Frescata sandwich family: the Chunky Chicken Salad Frescata.   The limited-time-offer sandwich…

KFC Famous Bowls top product launch of 2006

March 26, 2007

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — According to a survey by Boston-based public relations firm Schneider Associates, KFC Famous Bowls were ranked as the year's Most Memorable…

McDonald's marketing chief all about creating buzz

March 25, 2007

Chicago Tribune: McDonald's marketing chief Mary Dillon has introduced the fast-food giant to concepts like YouTube, cell-phone text messaging and podcasts.

Ohio Wendy's reopens after food tampering claims

March 25, 2007

Cincinnati Enquirer: A Wendy's restaurant in Hartwell, Ohio, reopened Friday following the approval of the Cincinnati Health Department. The police chief of…

McDonald's new burger a hit in California

March 25, 2007

MSNBC: Sales of McDonald's new Angus Third Pounder burger have exceeded the company's expectations, according to company officials. The company has been…

California onion grower sues Taco Bell

March 22, 2007

Orange County Register: Attorneys for a California farm filed suit against Taco Bell, claiming the farm was used as a scapegoat in the days following an E.

Construction blamed for killing Cape Girardeau Hardee's

March 22, 2007

SEMissourian: Hardee's officials blame the closure of a restaurant in the southeastern Missouri city on a road construction project that shut down the street…

Six held in Russia McDonald's bombing

March 22, 2007

Daily Telegraph: Russian police have detained six ultranationalists suspected of bombing a McDonald's restaurant in St Petersburg last month. The Feb. 1…

Arizona Carl's Jr. to fuel fleet with cooking oil

March 21, 2007

PHOENIX — MJKL Enterprises LLC, the largest franchiser of Carl's Jr. locations in Arizona, has announced plans to convert all of its corporate fleet vehicles…

Phoenix McDonald's add stationary bikes

March 21, 2007

East Valley Tribune: Two Phoenix-area McDonald's restaurants are adding stationary bicycles to their play areas. The bikes are hooked to flat-screen…

Beyond burgers

Quick-service restaurants expand their menus to increase customer interest, but there could be a downside.

McDonald's targets British dictionaries

March 20, 2007

Chicago Sun-Times: McDonald's plans to launch a campaign in Britain to get the country's dictionary publishers to stop listing the word "McJob." Executives at…

Operation Coffee Break leads to six arrests

March 20, 2007

WCBS-TV: Six New Jersey residents were charged this week with breaking into nearly 100 businesses over a two-year period, including at least 30 Dunkin' Donuts…

Dunkin Donuts: Celebrate spring with free coffee

March 19, 2007

CANTON, Mass. — On March 21, Dunkin' Donuts will host its first-ever all day, nationwide "Free Iced Coffee Day."   For 24 hours on March 21, customers can…

McDonald's denies Latin American sale

March 19, 2007

Reuters: McDonald's Corp. denied a report it is planning to sell its outlets in Latin America to a Brazilian investment fund. The company called the report…

India McDonald's expanding McDelivery

March 15, 2007

Moneycontrol India: Fast-food giant McDonald's is projecting that home delivery will fuel 25 percent growth in that country over the next three years. The…

Taco Bell offers advice to Fed chairman

March 14, 2007

Washington, D.C. — Taco Bell president Greg Creed has written a letter to Federal Reserve chairman Bernard Bernanke, offering advice on ways to boost the…