Global comps rise at McDonald's

January 27, 2008

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Global comparable sales at McDonald's Corp. increased 6.7 percent in the fourth quarter, the company announced. U.S. comps grew 3.3 percent…

Famous Uncle Al's to exhibit at Orlando show

January 27, 2008

DANBURY, Conn. — Famous Uncle Al's Hot Dogs Inc. has announced it will be exhibiting at the annual World Money Show being held Feb. 6-9, 2008, at the Gaylord…

Wendy's: Strategic review taking longer than expected

January 27, 2008

CNN: Wendy's International Inc. has said the previously disclosed review of its strategic options by a special committee of the board is taking longer than…

NCR intros contactless, mobile payment solutions

January 27, 2008

DAYTON, Ohio — NCR Corp., in partnership with ViVOtech, has introduced a suite of contactless-payment terminals for point of sale (POS) systems. The solutions…

Alvarez elected to McDonald's board of directors

January 24, 2008

OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald's Corp. has announced that president and COO Ralph Alvarez has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective…

Good Times comps rise by double digits

January 24, 2008

GOLDEN, Colo. — Good Times Restaurants Inc. has announced that same-store sales increased 11.2 percent in December 2007 and 11.6 percent for its first fiscal…

KFC serving Chinese breakfast favorite

January 20, 2008

China Daily: KFC has begun serving youtiao, a quintessential Chinese breakfast food, in all of its restaurants in China as another step to localize its menu.

Dunkin' Brands names new senior director

January 17, 2008

CANTON, Mass. — Dunkin' Brands Inc., parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, has announced that Cirabel Lardizabal Olson will join the company in…

Burger King names VP of inclusion, talent management

January 16, 2008

MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has appointed Robert Perkins as vice president, inclusion and talent management, the company announced.   In this newly created…

McDonald's plans $2 billion in '08 capital spending

January 16, 2008

Reuters: McDonald's Corp. forecasts capital spending of about $2 billion in 2008, split between new restaurants and renovation of existing ones, according to…

Dunkin' Brands realigns, names brand leaders

January 16, 2008

CANTON, Mass. — Dunkin' Brands Inc. has announced a realignment of its organizational structure by combining the U.S. and international teams for its Dunkin…

QSRs capture bigger slice of breakfast

January 16, 2008

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Breakfast is expanding at fast-food restaurants in both foot traffic and revenue because of the needs of time-crunched…

Burger King may stop buying Fla. tomatoes

January 15, 2008

Louisville, Ky., Courier-Journal: Burger King is telling suppliers it might stop buying tomatoes from southwestern Florida, where farmworkers have urged the…

Famous Uncle Al's Hot Dogs opens new Conn. location

January 14, 2008

DANBURY, Conn. — Famous Uncle Al's Hot Dogs & Grille Inc. has opened its newest restaurant, located in West Haven, Conn., the company announced. It is the…

Burger King opts for Nestlé bottled water

January 10, 2008

Reuters: Burger King Holdings Inc. has said its U.S. locations will switch their bottled water offering from PepsiCo Inc.'s Aquafina to Nestlé's Pure Life. …

Passing the buck to franchisees

How McDonald's added some sugar to make specialty coffee work. 

Founder's grandson to open newest Chick-fil-A

January 8, 2008

DURHAM, N.C. — Chick-fil-A founder and CEO Truett Cathy and his grandson, John White IV, will open the newest Chick-fil-A restaurant Jan. 10 in Durham, N.C.…

Dec. same-store sales rise at CKE

January 8, 2008

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Blended same-store sales at Hardee's and Carls' Jr. parent CKE Restaurants Inc. rose 1.2 percent for the four weeks ended Dec. 31, 2007…

Friendly's names John Bowie SVP of company operations

January 7, 2008

WILBRAHAM, Mass. — Friendly Ice Cream Corp. has named John Bowie senior vice president for company operations effective Dec. 17, 2007. In this role, Bowie…

Krispy Kreme promotes chairman to CEO

January 6, 2008

The Associated Press: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has named chairman James H. Morgan president and chief executive, replacing Daryl G. Brewster, who resigned…