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Burger King opens 1,000th store in Latin America
August 13, 2008
MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has announced that it now has 1,000 restaurants open in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The region's 1,000th restaurant…
read nowCinnabon 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…
read nowKrispy 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…
read nowMcDonald's awards Olympic gold to best Big Mac builders
August 7, 2008
BEIJING —As the Summer Olympics get under way in Beijing, McDonald's, a major sponsor of the Olympic Games, honored its best restaurant employees at a…
read nowBaskin-Robbins announces China expansion
July 31, 2008
CANTON, Mass. — Baskin-Robbins has announced plans to open its first store in Shanghai, China, with a total of 100 new locations planned over the next 10 years…
read nowBurger King names 1st Suriname franchisees
July 30, 2008
MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has announced that it has awarded development rights in Suriname, in northern South America, to the following franchise developers…
read nowBurger King debuts soccer tour in Hispanic markets
July 29, 2008
MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has announced the roll-out of Futbol Kingdom, a series of street-level futbol events to be held in eight markets across the United…
read nowMcDonald's donates used oil to power police cars
July 28, 2008
Google/AFP (Philippines): Police in Manila, Philippines, are looking to convert their patrol cars to run on a mixture of diesel and used cooking oil from…
read nowKrispy Kreme awards Istanbul development rights
July 28, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has announced that it has entered into a franchise agreement with Almana Yiyecek Ve Icecek San. Ve. Tic Ltd.
read nowMcDonald's overcomes Europeans' fast food scorn
July 23, 2008
The Guardian (United Kingdom): In France, McDonald's, known in Paris as "McDo," has posted double-digit growth on average for the last three years despite the…
read nowKFC Malaysian lowers targeted openings
July 10, 2008
The Star: KFC Holdings Bhd is expanding its chain of restaurants in Malaysia by another 12 to 15 outlets this year and diversifying its product offerings in a…
read nowMcDonald's prices up in China
June 26, 2008
Rednet.cn: For the second time this year, McDonald's has raised its prices in China. Other U.S. food chains in China also are increasing menu prices. Its major…
read nowInvestors eye growth in China's QSR market
June 23, 2008
Reuters: The Chinese have an increasing appetite for to-go burgers, fried chicken, pizza and noodles, which is expected to make fast food a $66 billion…
read nowU.S. restaurants look overseas
June 23, 2008
The Wall Street Journal: As the domestic restaurant industry turns increasingly dour, major brands are turning their attention abroad, where business remains…
read nowSouth Koreans protest American beef, McDonald's
June 10, 2008
Forbes: South Koreans are turning their anger over the government's agreement to end restrictions on imports of American beef toward McDonald's, even though…
read nowMcDonald's announces May sales up
June 8, 2008
OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald's Corp. has announced that its global comparable sales increased 7.7 percent in May and 7.0 percent year to date. Systemwide sales…
read nowMcDonald's testing RFID coupons in Japan
May 22, 2008
Wired: McDonald's is testing a new e-coupon system in Japan called the Kasazu, or contactless, coupon. The coupon is a payment application that is downloaded…
read nowMcDonald's sues over Paris rent
May 20, 2008
Calgary Herald: McDonald's Corp. is suing its French landlord after the rent for its outlet on the Champs-Elysees doubled in five years. The restaurant in the…
read nowYum donates $2.3M to earthquake relief efforts
May 20, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of the Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's and A&W brands, has donated $2.3 million for…
read nowMcDonald's Japan ordered to pay overtime to managers
May 19, 2008
Reuters: McDonald's Japan said it would begin paying overtime to restaurant managers starting in August following a court order for the hamburger chain to pay…
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