Buying in numbers

Purchasing cooperatives ease product costs.

Subway success due to marketing efforts

July 20, 2008

Advertising Age: While Starbucks is closing stores and McDonald's is focusing its expansion efforts abroad, Subway has plans to add 800 locations this year. …

Yum! CEO blasts KFC's weak sales

July 17, 2008

The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.): David Novak, chief executive officer of parent Yum! Brands, criticised KFC for its lagging sales during a conference…

Wash. Subway employee robbed, raped

July 17, 2008

KING5.com (Seattle): A female Lewis County, Wash., Subway employee was raped, tied up and robbed at gunpoint as she was closing the store alone. As a result, a…

Yum! Brands Q2 profits up 4%

July 16, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's and A&W All American Food, reported same-stores sales…

Nev. McDonald's franchisee pleads guilty to immigration charges

July 16, 2008

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that one current and one former top executive for a Reno, Nev.-area McDonald's franchisee, and the…

Ex Taco John employee ordered to repay $220K

July 15, 2008

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle: A judge has sentenced a Colorado Springs, Colo., man to four to five years in prison for embezzling more than $220,000 during a…

QSRs ponder cost of menu-labeling laws

by Julie Sturgeon — independent journalist, CEOEditor, Inc.

Digital menu boards a possible solution.

Restaurant index rises as same-store sales improve

July 2, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Restaurant industry performance improved in May as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant activity rose for…

McDonald's outlines Olympic Games sponsorship

July 2, 2008

OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald's has launched several programs as part of its sponsorship of the 2008 Olyimpic Games in Beijing, ranging from giving kids an…

Krispy Kreme names new senior VP

July 1, 2008

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has announced that Cindy Bay, a veteran of the QSR industry, has joined the company as senior vice president…

McDonald's prices up in China

June 26, 2008

Rednet.cn: For the second time this year, McDonald's has raised its prices in China. Other U.S. food chains in China also are increasing menu prices. Its major…

CKE announces Q1 results

June 25, 2008

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Same-store sales for CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's chains, increased 1.8 percent for the 2009 first…

Thieves target metal, pipes at Pa. QSRs

June 25, 2008

Delcotimes.com (Pa.): Brookhaven, Pa.-area fast-food restaurants have been hit by thieves in search of metal. Metal thefts are on the rise in the area, with…

National Restaurant Association launches Restaurant Action Network

June 24, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association has launched the Restaurant Action Network, a grassroots program that will focus, coordinate and expand…

Subway Restaurants to add UDS Group delivery in Boston

June 23, 2008

BOCA RATON, Fla. — UDS Group Inc., a provider of delivery management solutions, is partnering with Subway Restaurants to open the Boston market for delivery…

Food safety requires a strong supply chain

Knowing your supplier can help prevent food-borne illness.

Technological Tools for QSR Operators

As cost pressures become a greater concern, quick-service restaurant operators are looking for ways to maximize sales. Because the bulk of QSR sales occur at…

NRA joins campaign to revisit food-to-fuel mandates

June 12, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association continued to express concern over increasing wholesale food and commodity prices and the resulting dire…

N.Y. and Calif. pushing calorie-count legislation

June 11, 2008

The Wall Street Journal: State legislatures in California and New York are moving toward requiring restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus, following…