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KFC 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…
read nowOperation Coffee Break leads to six arrests
March 20, 2007
WCBS-TV: Six New Jersey residents were charged this week with breaking into nearly 100 businesses over a two-year period, including at least 30 Dunkin' Donuts…
read nowDiscrimination alleged in Arby's firing
March 7, 2007
NWI.com (Indiana): An Indiana man has filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination against Arby's franchisee Miracle Restaurant Group. The man, who is black…
read nowChurch's responds to Popeyes suit
March 4, 2007
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Officials from Church's Chicken said a lawsuit filed against the company by compteting chicken-chain Popeyes Chicken &…
read nowArrest made in Taco Bell razor-blade hoax
March 4, 2007
KQTV (St. Joseph, Mo.): A St. Joseph, Mo., man has been arrested after allegedly filing a false police report claiming he found a razor blade in an order of…
read nowWendy's sidesteps NYC menu regulation
March 1, 2007
Marketwatch: Wendy's International removed posters containing nutritional information from its New York-area restaurants in a bid to avoid a new city…
read nowPopeyes, Church's in chicken fight
February 28, 2007
ATLANTA — AFC Enterprises Inc., operator of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits restaurants, has filed suit against Church's Chicken and a former Popeyes franchise…
read nowTaco Bell facing lawsuits over outbreak
February 28, 2007
Business First of Louisville: Taco Bell parent Yum Brands Inc. said in a Feb. 28 regulatory filing that 11 lawsuits have been filed against the company over a…
read nowImmokalee workers plan McDonald's protest
February 14, 2007
Reuters: A group of migrant farmworkers hope that protests planned for next month outside McDonald's Oak Brook, Ill., headquarters will persuade the fast-food…
read nowE. coli outbreaks tied to California lettuce
February 11, 2007
Appleton Post-Crescent (Wisconsin): The Food and Drug Administration has pinpointed lettuce grown in central California as the source of an E. coli outbreak…
read nowSubway franchisee sued over ventilation
February 11, 2007
New York Sun: Residents of a condominium building on New York's Upper East Side have filed a $500,000 lawsuit against the owner of a newly-opened Subway…
read nowCaptain D's appeals court judgment
February 8, 2007
Clarion Ledger (Jackson, Miss.): A federal appeals court is slated to hear arguments in an appeal by Captain D's over a $21 million judgement awarded to an…
read nowNRA opposes Free Choice Act proposed legislation
February 7, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association expressed its opposition to bill H.R. 800, the employee Free Choice Act, as it came before the House…
read nowPhilippine court upholds McDonald's trademarks
February 6, 2007
Marketwatch: The Philippine Supreme Court has upheld the right of McDonald's Corp. to protect its trademarks from infringement by a restaurant company in that…
read nowFlorida woman alleges razor blade in McDonald's sandwich
January 31, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: A Bradenton, Fla., woman is claiming that the Sausage McMuffin she purchased at McDonald's on Jan. 31 contained a razor blade. The…
read nowSuit over McDonald's fryer accident nearing trial
January 25, 2007
LEGAL NEWSLINE: A lawsuit over a 2003 accident where a McDonald's Corp. employee was burned while cleaning deep fryers alleges the company failed to warn…
read nowWendy's franchisor goes private
January 24, 2007
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meritage Hospitality Group Inc., which operates 49 Wendy's restaurants and five O'Charley's in western and southern Michigan, has…
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