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Wingstop inks East Texas development deal
July 29, 2007
DALLAS — Wingstop restaurants have signed an area-development agreement to open at least 10 new Wingstop restaurants throughout East Texas. Under terms of…
read nowWendy's parent steps up for Massachusetts workers
July 26, 2007
The Republican (Massachusetts): Wendy's International will pay hundreds of workers who lost their jobs when a franchisee closed 13 restaurants in…
read nowWendy's workers waiting for wages
July 25, 2007
The Republican (Massachusetts): The employees of 13 Massachusetts-area Wendy's locations shut down without warning by the franchise owner are seeking the…
read nowCarl's Jr., Hardee's raise $650K for breast cancer
July 25, 2007
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurants across the United States raised more than $650,000 in May during a three-week, in-store fundraiser…
read nowWendy's YTD profit doubles
July 25, 2007
DUBLIN, Ohio — Comparable-store sales at Wendy's International Inc. rose 0.7 percent in the second quarter ended July 1, 2007, the company announced. Wendy's…
read nowHardee's refranchises restaurants in Iowa, Nebraska
July 24, 2007
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company of the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. brands, is selling 18 restaurants in its Des Moines and Cedar…
read nowRally's runs into roadblock over sign colors
July 24, 2007
The Shelbyville News (Shelbyville, Ind.): Plans to build a Rally's restaurant in the Indiana town of Shelbyville are on hold while city planners seek legal…
read nowMcDonald's revenue up 12 percent
July 23, 2007
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Global same-store sales at McDonald's Corp. increased 7.4 percent for the second quarter ended June 30, the company announced. Revenues…
read nowChick-fil-A taps Bob the Builder for brand buildup
July 23, 2007
ATLANTA — Restaurant chain Chick-fil-A Inc. is partnering with New York-based preschool entertainment provider HIT Entertainment in a promotion featuring…
read nowTaco Bell, KFC sued over receipt info
July 23, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal: Two separate lawsuits filed last month allege that fast-food chains KFC and Taco Bell failed to comply with a law limiting the…
read nowCanadian KFC operator runs 2Q loss
July 19, 2007
Toronto Star: Comparable-store sales at Canadian restaurant operator Priszm Income Fund fell 5 percent in the second quarter, the company announced. The…
read nowVirginia Bojangles franchise named top performer
July 17, 2007
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After an annual review process of franchisees across the system, Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits has named the Rocky Mount, Va.…
read nowQueen Latifah to open Fatburger franchise
July 16, 2007
Ireland Online: Rapper and actress Queen Latifah plans to open a Fatburger franchise in Miami later this year. Owning a Fatburger has been her dream for…
read nowWendy's franchisee to launch high-speed network
July 16, 2007
CROFTON, Md. — Wendy's International Inc. franchisee DavCo Restaurants Inc. is nearing completion on installation of a private network that will help the…
read nowCKE Restaurants completes sale of La Salsa
July 16, 2007
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc., owner and operator of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurant brands, has completed the previously announced sale…
read nowKahala Cold Stone acquires Cereality Cereal Bar & Café
July 12, 2007
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Kahala Cold Stone has announced the acquisition of Cereality Cereal Bar & Café. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
read nowHardee's franchisee to acquire Atlanta locations
July 12, 2007
DENVER —Hardee's and Carl's Jr. franchisee Biscuits and Burgers LLC has secured $8.5 million in funding from Scottsdale, Ariz.-based GE Capital Solutions…
read nowMuslim Dunkin' Donuts franchisee wins discrimination appeal
July 10, 2007
Toronto Star: A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim Dunkin' Donuts franchisee can proceed, overturning an earlier…
read nowChurch's Chicken offers franchisee incentives
July 9, 2007
ATLANTA — Church's Chicken has introduced an incentive program dubbed Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch, where franchisees who sign a new development…
read nowGood Times opens new location
July 9, 2007
GOLDEN, Colo. — Good Times Restaurants Inc. has announced the opening of its newest Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard in Littleton, Colo. Good Times…
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