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McDonald'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 nowBurger King saga points out need for online rules
May 19, 2008
Miami Herald: Burger King Corp. fired two officials last week for ''unauthorized activity'' on public Web sites. Industry experts say what happened at the…
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…
read nowCross-dressing bandit caught on tape
May 19, 2008
NBC Augusta (Georgia): Police are searching for a cross-dressing man who robbed a Burger King restaurant in New Orleans May 11. The thief climbed in the…
read nowWendy's owner fined $50K over worker pay
May 12, 2008
Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.): A company that operated 13 Wendy's restaurants in Western Massachusetts has been fined $50,000 for failing to pay wages to…
read nowBurger King investigates VP's message board postings
May 5, 2008
The News-Press (Ft. Myers, Fla.): Burger King is investigating online postings made by one of its vice presidents criticizing the farm worker's group the…
read nowDunkin' Donuts worker nabbed in Peeping Tom case
May 4, 2008
MyFoxNY.com: An employee of a Long Island Dunkin' Donuts has been arrested for allegedly installing a hidden camera in the ladies' restroom. A nearby resident…
read nowBurger King VP in tomato fight
April 27, 2008
The News-Press (Ft. Myers, Fla.): The daughter of Burger King vice president Stephen Grover confirmed her father is responsible for online postings criticizing…
read nowKFC 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…
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