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Lawyer: McDonald's warned employees of hoax
September 13, 2007
BusinessWeek: A lawyer for McDonald's Corp. said the fast-food company had policies in place and warned employees regarding a series of strip-search hoaxes…
read nowTrial set to begin in McDonald's strip-search hoax
September 10, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal: Jury selection began this week in a lawsuit filed against McDonald's Corp. by a former restaurant employee who was detained…
read nowMcDonald's worker arrested for serving cop salty burger
September 9, 2007
Fox News: A McDonald's worker in Union City, Ga., was arrested recently and jailed for putting too much salt and pepper on a police officer's hamburger…
read nowMcDonald's denies wrongdoing in cheese allergy suit
September 6, 2007
Charleston ( W.Va. ) Daily Mail: McDonald's denies any wrongdoing and believes it owes nothing to a Morgantown , W.Va. man who claims to have had a severe…
read nowWendy's set to pay wages
September 6, 2007
Berkshire (Mass.) Eagle: Wendy's officials have announced plans to reopen 13 closed western Massachusetts restaurants within 30 to 60 days. Company…
read nowBack Yard Burgers closing delayed
September 3, 2007
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Back Yard Burgers Inc. has delayed a proposed merger transaction because of a complaint filed against it in federal district court. The…
read nowFast-food firm fined for rodent infestation
September 3, 2007
Milton Keynes Citizen (United Kingdom): Fast-food delivery company Mister Chef has been fined thousands of pounds after environmental health officers found…
read nowTaco Bell parent spends $550K on lobbying efforts
August 28, 2007
Forbes: Yum Brands Inc., parent company of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands, spent more than $550,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal…
read nowSubway robbed twice, suspect captured
August 20, 2007
The Hartford (Conn.) Courant: An apologetic armed robber who took more than $600 in cash from a Subway restaurant in Connecticut a week earlier returned Aug.
read nowOfficials: Thieves set fire to restaurant
August 20, 2007
Springfield ( Ohio ) News Sun: An early morning fire Aug. 21 at a Springfield, Ohio, co-branded Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurant is being investigated as…
read nowOfficials: Thieves set fire to restaurant
August 20, 2007
Springfield ( Ohio ) News Sun: An early morning fire Aug. 21, 2007, at a Springfield, Ohio, co-branded Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurant is being…
read nowBandmates battle over Wendy's ad
August 16, 2007
E! Online: Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie has filed a federal lawsuit against singer Gordon Gano, accusing Gano of damaging the band's reputation by…
read nowMassachusetts Wendy's owner indicted
August 16, 2007
SouthCoastToday: Robert Burda, who operated 13 Wendy's restaurants in Massachusetts, has been indicted for issuing bad checks and failing to pay employees.
read nowMcDonald's Hong Kong operations director involved in bribery probe
August 13, 2007
CNN: Joseph Lau, managing director of McDonald's operations in Hong Kong, has been placed on leave by the company following reports he was arrested in a…
read nowFTC seeks info on advertising to kids
August 12, 2007
Media Daily News: The Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed documents from 44 food and beverage companies including McDonald's and Burger King, the…
read nowAC explosion kills one at Calcutta McDonald's
August 12, 2007
Hindustan Times: One man was killed and three people were seriously injured when a faulty air-condition unit exploded at a newly-opened McDonald's restaurant…
read nowVideo pranks plague Pittsburgh
August 8, 2007
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Restaurant managers in the Pittsburgh area are warning their employees of "fire-in-the-hole" pranks in which people throw liquids…
read nowMan sues McDonald's over cheese reaction
August 8, 2007
The West Virginia Record: A West Virginia man is suing McDonald's for $10 million after an employee put cheese on his sandwich. According to the suit, Jeromy…
read nowMcDonald's workers in China get pay boost
August 6, 2007
Chicago Business: McDonald's is giving raises to most of its 50,000 employees in China in the wake of reports that the company was paying some workers less…
read nowFast food outlets target of video pranksters
August 5, 2007
WESH-TV (Florida): Jessica Ceponis, a Taco Bell employee in Orlando, Fla., is the latest victim of a digital-age prank that is growing in popularity. Around…
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