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Diner sues Jack in the Box over metal piece in chicken sandwich
June 11, 2008
The Record: A man who broke his tooth when biting into a spicy chicken sandwich at a Granite City, Ill., Jack in the Box has filed a personal injury suit in…
read nowMinn. McDonald's sued by applicants
June 5, 2008
Pioneer Press: Two Hispanic men have sued the owner of a McDonald's in downtown St. Paul, Minn., claiming the restaurant's manager told them he wouldn't hire…
read nowMass. neighborhood petitions against Dunkin' Donuts
June 4, 2008
Berkshire Eagle: Citing traffic and safety concerns, residents of the Clifford Street area in Pittsfield, Mass., have told the Community Development Board they…
read nowNew York fast food outlets defy calorie count rule
June 2, 2008
All Headline News.com: Many New York City restaurants are refusing to comply with the May 5 mandate for restaurants to print the calorie count of the meals on…
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 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…
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