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NYC health department fines at record levels
May 6, 2007
New York Post: The New York City Health Department expects to collect a record $27 million in fines this year, up 25 percent from initial projections.
read nowHot coffee lands McDonald's in heat
May 2, 2007
Southeast Texas Record: A Texas woman is suing McDonald's for failing to warn her that coffee is served hot after she spilled a cup in her lap while at a…
read nowJudge throws out KFC suit
May 2, 2007
CNN: A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a doctor who claimed KFC didn't tell its customers that it used trans fats to fry its chicken. The suit…
read nowTwo Wendy's managers rob a fellow manager
April 30, 2007
TheINDYNewsChannel: Investigators have made two arrests in a case involving three Wendy's restaurant managers. Police said two managers of a Wendy's…
read nowNation's capital struggles to define fast food
April 26, 2007
Washington Post: City planners in Washington, D.C., have been working for nearly a year to come up with a legal definition of a fast-food establishment. The…
read nowNRA reacts to passage of the Iraq Supplemental report
April 26, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association today reacted to passage of the Iraq Supplemental Conference Report (H.R. 1591) which includes an…
read nowWendy's explores possible sale
April 25, 2007
Market Watch: Wendy's International Inc. announced Wednesday that it is considering strategic options to enhance shareholder value, including a possible sale.
read nowBail set at $350,000 for fast food thief
April 25, 2007
Chicago Tribune: Bond was set at $350,000 Wednesday for William Sanders, 32, a Chicago security guard accused of holding up two fast-food restaurants. In…
read nowKFC settles California potato suit
April 24, 2007
San Jose Mercury News: KFC will settle a California lawsuit by warning customers in that state that its potatoes contain a suspected cancer-causing chemical.
read nowTexas Whataburgers warns of hepatitis A
April 17, 2007
Corpus Christ Caller-Times: The Texas Department of State Health Services issued a warning Tuesday to anyone who ate at the Harlingen, Texas, Whataburger…
read nowDunkin' Donuts sues over illegal immigrants
April 15, 2007
Boston Herald: Donut and coffee chain Dunkin' Donuts filed a lawsuit this week against franchisee West Concord Donuts Inc., claiming it had hired undocumented…
read nowBurger King next target of tomato pickers
April 15, 2007
The News-Press (Southwest Florida): Advocates for Florida tomato pickers have begun a campaign to pressure Burger King into paying more for the tomatoes it…
read nowTaco Bell: E coli lawsuits could cost millions
April 15, 2007
The Morning Call: A Montgomery County man and others sickened by an E. coli outbreak at Taco Bell last year could receive out-of-court settlements ranging…
read nowMcDonald's signs deal with tomato pickers
April 9, 2007
Chicago Tribune: McDonald's Corp signed an agreement Monday with an organization representing 3.500 tomato pickers in Florida. The deal calls for McDonald's…
read nowBK employee arrested for alleged identity theft
April 4, 2007
Journal-Advocate (Colorado): A 19-year-old Burger King employee in Sterling, Colo., has been arrested on charges of identity theft, theft and criminal…
read nowFormer Wendy's manager sentenced
April 3, 2007
Newark Advocate: A former Wendy's manager who took a percentage of nearly $14,000 her employees stole has been sentenced to nine months in prison. The…
read nowKFC worker punched in fake robbery
April 2, 2007
TheDenverChannel.com: A KFC employee had her son punch her in the face in an attempt to stage a robbery, according to police. The woman and her son were both…
read nowOhio Wendy's reopens after food tampering claims
March 25, 2007
Cincinnati Enquirer: A Wendy's restaurant in Hartwell, Ohio, reopened Friday following the approval of the Cincinnati Health Department. The police chief of…
read nowCalifornia onion grower sues Taco Bell
March 22, 2007
Orange County Register: Attorneys for a California farm filed suit against Taco Bell, claiming the farm was used as a scapegoat in the days following an E.
read nowConstruction blamed for killing Cape Girardeau Hardee's
March 22, 2007
SEMissourian: Hardee's officials blame the closure of a restaurant in the southeastern Missouri city on a road construction project that shut down the street…
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