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Sagittarius Brands finalizes Del Taco buy
March 29, 2006
NASHVILLE — Sagittarius Brands, the Nashville-based parent company for Captain D's Seafood, completed the purchase of Del Taco. The company announced…
read nowClerks help police identify fast-food robbers
March 29, 2006
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal: It's been a bad week for a QSRs in south Lawrence, Kan. For the second time in three nights, clerks at a fast-food eatery along Iowa…
read nowCover: Sonic gives customers choice
March 29, 2006
Nobody has to tell Sonic Drive-In that evolution is key to survival. America's largest drive-in chain is constantly changing its menu and adding new…
read nowStop employee theft
March 29, 2006
QSRs are common targets for robbery because they're cash-based businesses. That also makes them regular marks for employee theft. "Management is seldom…
read nowTim Hortons purchases 4.35 million additional shares
March 28, 2006
OAKVILLE, Ontario — Tim Hortons Inc. announced that the underwriters of its initial public offering of 29 million shares of common stock have exercised their…
read nowMcDonald's board member quits
March 28, 2006
CHICAGO — McDonald's Corp. director Anne-Marie Slaughter is resigning, the Oak Brook-based company said in a regulatory filing. She has been a member of the…
read nowYum! Brands only QSR in Hispanic Top 50 poll
March 28, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc. has been named one of Hispanic Trends magazine's "Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity" for its efforts to work with…
read nowBrits outraged over McDonald's kid-focused Web marketing
March 27, 2006
The Guardian: A deal between McDonald's and Microsoft to produce a branded version of the popular MSN Messenger program containing advertisements for special…
read nowBurgerville turns cooking oil into biodiesel
March 21, 2006
VANCOUVER, Wash — The Holland Inc. will recycle cooking oil from its Burgerville restaurants into biodiesel, a cleaner-burning blend of diesel fuel, according…
read nowTim Hortons revises IPO
March 20, 2006
OAKVILLE, Ontario—Tim Hortons Inc. announced that it has increased the estimated price range for its initial public offering of 29 million shares of common…
read nowYum! Brands to buy back $500M shares
March 15, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc. said Thursday it has approved the buyback of an additional $500 million worth of the company's shares over the next 1…
read nowBird flu concerns chicken chains
March 13, 2006
New York Times: Yum! Brands KFC and independent French eatery Chicken Corner are among the chicken restaurants in Europe battling customer worries over avian…
read nowNRA doubts Mad Cow will impact menu prices
March 13, 2006
WASHINGTON — Government investigators are tracing the history of an Alabama cow that has contracted the mad cow disease. The USDA confirmed the infection…
read nowPizza Hut CMO resigns
March 13, 2006
AdAge.com: Disappointing 2005 results at Pizza Hut have cost its chief marketing officer his job. Tom James, who had been with the chain since 2002, will be…
read nowFarm worker alliance targets QSRs
March 12, 2006
MIAMI— Farm worker advocates and religious groups are calling on the U.S. fast-food industry to do more to ensure fair treatment for agricultural workers who…
read nowBK store used for drug deals
March 5, 2006
News-Register: Four teenagers were arrested at gunpoint at a Burger King after officers investigating a potential breaking and entering reportedly discovered…
read nowSales soar at Yum! Brands
March 1, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Yum! Brands reported that blended comparable-store sales at its U.S. corporate units rose 4 percent for the four weeks ended Feb. 25. …
read nowMcDonald's takes $60 million in pre-tax charges
February 27, 2006
CHICAGO — An acquisition in Brazil and store closings in the United Kingdom will lead McDonald's Corp. to take about $60 million in pre-tax charges in the…
read nowKFC and Long John's face zoning issues in Mass.
February 19, 2006
Daily News Transcript: KFC and Long John Silver's is trying to move into a Massachusetts suburb, but town officials are contesting the way the restaurants…
read nowWoman sues McDonald's
February 17, 2006
A lawsuit was filed against McDonald's Corp. on Feb. 16 alleging the McDonald's falsely advertised that its french fries were milk and gluten free. The…
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