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Former Dunkin' Brands employee charged with fraud
September 2, 2008
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.): Carolyn Kravetz, a former communications director for Dunkin' Brands, was indicted last week on charges of mail fraud and…
read nowDunkin' franchisees worried about image
August 28, 2008
BELLINGHAM, Mass. — The DD Independent Franchise Owners, which represents the largest association of Dunkin' Donuts franchise owners in the United States, is…
read nowCalif. McDonald's class action denied
August 28, 2008
Los Angeles Times: McDonald's Corp. workers in California can't sue as a group over claims that they were denied pay for work they performed during the time…
read nowMan arrested for stealing Burger King grease bin
August 27, 2008
Naples (Fla.) Daily News: Collier County, Fla., Sheriff's deputies arrested a 46-year-old man after he allegedly stole a large metal container used for…
read nowDunkin' responds to article on spying tactics
August 25, 2008
Blue MauMau: Dunkin' Donuts headquarters has submitted its response to an Aug. 25 Blue MauMau article, "Dunkin' stalking scheme plagues franchisees in court.…
read nowTaco Bell manager charged with theft
August 18, 2008
eNews Park Forest (Ill.): A Park Forest, Ill., Taco Bell shift manager has been arrested and charged with felony theft for stealing over $11,000 from the…
read nowBurger King loses Wendy's marketing dispute
August 17, 2008
Brandweek: The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has settled a dispute involving Burger King's allegations that rival…
read nowSentences upheld for 14 McDonald's game scammers
August 6, 2008
CNN Money: An appeals court has upheld guilty pleas of 14 people in a multimillion-dollar scheme to cash in on embezzled winning game pieces in McDonald's…
read nowMan 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…
read nowBurger King worker gets misdemeanor for poisoning fries
August 3, 2008
The Daily Times (Farmington, N.M.): A former Burger King employee, who faced felony charges after putting powdered bleach on french fries served to customers…
read nowBurger King employee charged with $18K theft
August 3, 2008
Northwest Herald (McHenry County, Ill.): A former employee of Burger King in Algonquin, Ill., has been charged with theft over $10,000 and forgery for…
read nowFormer McDonald's worker claims discrimination
July 31, 2008
The Daily Californian: A former Berkeley, Calif., McDonald's employee who has Asberger's syndrome and was let go along with two other disabled employees, has…
read nowFranchisees sue Burger King over hours
July 30, 2008
South Florida Business Journal: Four South Florida-based Burger King franchisees are suing Burger King Corp. over the company's demands for extended hours at…
read nowDiscrimination suit filed against Mich. McDonald's
July 27, 2008
Detroit Free Press: Two Muslim women said they were denied jobs at a Dearborn, Mich., McDonald's because they wore Islamic headscarves, according to a…
read now50 Cent sues Taco Bell over name use
July 23, 2008
New York Daily News: 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell claiming the fast-food chain is using his name without permission in advertising. The chain asked him to change…
read nowMcDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts violate NYC menu-label law
July 17, 2008
AM New York: Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's have received the most number of violations of a New York City regulation requiring large chains to post calorie…
read nowNev. McDonald's franchisee pleads guilty to immigration charges
July 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that one current and one former top executive for a Reno, Nev.-area McDonald's franchisee, and the…
read nowN.Y. man sues Subway over knife in bread
July 15, 2008
New York Post: A Queens, N.Y., man is suing Subway for $1 million after he said he found a 7-inch serrated knife baked into the bread of his 12-inch cold-cut…
read nowHearing-impaired woman sues McDonald's over drive-through policy
July 15, 2008
Chicago Tribune: A hearing-impaired woman from Lincoln, Neb., is suing McDonald's Corp. for violating the federal American with Disabilities Act after she…
read nowEx Taco John employee ordered to repay $220K
July 15, 2008
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle: A judge has sentenced a Colorado Springs, Colo., man to four to five years in prison for embezzling more than $220,000 during a…
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