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KFC recalls unlabeled chocolate chip cakes
April 20, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — KFC Corp. is recalling its Double Chocolate Chip Cakes because they contain eggs, milk, wheat and soy ingredients and possibly traces of tree…
read nowSex offender drops suit against McDonald's
April 6, 2008
WHDH-TV (Boston): A man who was fired from his job at a Boston-area McDonald's after management discovered he was a convicted sex offender has dropped a…
read nowMan arrested in Burger King grease theft
April 2, 2008
The (San Jose) Mercury News: An Illinois man was arrested for allegedly stealing 300 gallons of cooking oil from a Burger King in Morgan Hill, Calif. David…
read nowBK franchisees: Value menus hurt business
March 4, 2008
New York Daily News: Two Burger King franchisees have charged that Burger King's 99-cent menu and the more recent dollar value menu required them to sell food…
read nowEx-managers to sue McDonald's Japan for overtime
March 3, 2008
CSR Asia: Two former managers of McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. plan to file a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court in March, demanding the hamburger chain pay…
read nowMore DQ franchisees join lawsuit
February 21, 2008
Detroit Free Press: Michigan Dairy Queen franchisees are being joined in a lawsuit against Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-owned International Dairy Queen by three…
read nowFamily sues McDonald's over undisclosed gluten
February 14, 2008
NBC-5 (Dallas): A Texas family is suing McDonald's, saying the company lied about a product ingredient in its French fries. The family says McDonald's Web site…
read nowBlind woman sues QSRs for ADA noncompliance
February 10, 2008
BusinessWeek: A federal appeals court has reinstated the lawsuit of a legally blind woman who says she was mocked and mistreated by workers at fast-food…
read nowFormer Ga. Krystal workers file strip-search suit
February 3, 2008
The Associated Press: Four former employees of a northern Georgia Krystal restaurant who are black said they were unfairly strip-searched by white managers and…
read nowFamily sues Subway for daughter's peanut allergy death
January 31, 2008
WCPO.com (Cincinnati): An Ohio family is suing Subway, claiming cross-contamination from a peanut butter cookie killed their highly allergic teenager.
read nowN.C. city to crack down on drive-thru signs
January 29, 2008
WRAL.com: City leaders in Wilson, N.C., want to cut down the number of signs posted at restaurant drive-thrus. Officials are targeting fast-food menu boards…
read nowNYC approves calorie-count requirement
January 21, 2008
The Associated Press: The New York City Board of Health voted Jan. 22 to revive a plan to force chains to post calorie counts on menu boards effective March…
read nowWendy's worker charged with identity theft
December 27, 2007
CBS2 (Chicago): A woman who worked at a suburban Chicago Wendy's restaurant has been charged in a credit-card scam. Authorities say 18-year-old Tina Swopes…
read nowBluetooth device thwarts Wendy's robbery
December 27, 2007
The Columbus Dispatch: A man holding employees gunpoint at a Wendy's in Columbus, Ohio, said he would shoot anyone who answered the phone. But his screams…
read nowL.A. panel advances plan to ban QSRs
December 11, 2007
L.A. Daily News: A city panel has moved ahead with a plan to ban fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles. Representatives of the food industry have said…
read nowBK: Workers didn't put condom on burger
December 10, 2007
USA Today: Burger King denies that any of its workers put a prophylactic on a customer's hamburger. Customer Van Miguel Hartless claims that he found an…
read now300 gallons of oil leak into Wendy's lot, pond
December 9, 2007
WFTV (Orlando): An estimated 300 gallons of cooking oil spilled into the parking lot of a Wendy's in Lake Mary, Fla. The oil has leaked into a storm drain and…
read nowFla. farmers protest at Burger King HQ
December 2, 2007
Fox News: Farmworkers, union members and activists marched through Miami streets to Burger King headquarters Nov. 30, 2007, to protest low wages for tomato…
read nowHomeless man sues KFC manager
November 29, 2007
The Associated Press: A homeless man is suing the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Highland Park, Mich., who he claims doused him with boiling water. …
read nowRashes, choking hit 19 at German McDonald's
November 27, 2007
The Earth Times: Police cleared a McDonald's restaurant Nov. 27 in Dresden, Germany, after 19 people mysteriously developed rashes in their mouths and…
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