Reduce turnover by boosting benefits

Quick-service restaurant companies are reducing employee turnover by increasing benefits plans.

KFC greets Lent with new fish sandwich

February 20, 2007

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — KFC Corp. is extending its popular Snacker line of sandwiches with the introduction of the company's new Fish Snacker. The Fish Snacker, a…

Dunkin' Brands hires digital marketing agency

February 18, 2007

CANTON, Mass. — Dunkin Brands Inc., parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, has selected Atlanta-based Studiocom Interactive to handle digital…

Captain D's parent expands franchise division

February 15, 2007

Nashville Business Journal: Captain D's parent Sagittarius Brands has hired three new franchise field directors and a company analyst. The new directors will…

Investor turns up heat on McDonald's

February 15, 2007

Chicago Tribune: Bill Ackman, a principal of New York-based Pershing Square Capital Management LP, has increased his stake in the company to 18.5 million…

Penn Station subs inks expansion deal

February 15, 2007

CINCINNATI — Penn Station East Coast Subs has finalized expansion plans for five additional locations in the Columbus, Ohio area.    Five Penn Station…

Investment firm takes aim at Cold Stone

February 14, 2007

New York Times: A New York buyout firm is purchasing two ice-cream chains in an attempt to unseat Cold Stone Creamery as the top player in the premium ice…

Immokalee 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…

The conundrum of cobranding

Though profitable and promising, cobranding in restaurants has turned out to be a greater struggle than some in the industry anticipated.

Arby's signs franchise development agreements

February 13, 2007

ATLANTA — Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. signed development agreements during the fourth quarter of 2006 for 51 Arby's locations throughout North America. This…

Subway launches deli-meat line

February 12, 2007

SMITHFIELD, Va. — Subway Restaurants has entered into a licensing agreement with Smithfield Deli Group, a division of meat processor Smithfield Foods Inc., to…

Subway planning Middle East expansion

February 12, 2007

Gulfnews.com: Subway Restaurants plans to triple its Middle East presence over the next three years, the sandwich chain announced. Subway plans to have 50…

E. 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…

Wendy's learns from past breakfast mistakes

February 11, 2007

MSNBC: When Wendy's International Inc. starts rolling out breakfast offerings at its restaurants later this year, the company will be looking at its own…

Subway 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…

Captain 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…

CKE comps up for January

February 7, 2007

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — CKE Restaurants Inc. posted a same-store sales increase of 2.1 percent for its Carl's Jr. brand for the four-week period ended Jan. 29.

Church's acquires 10 outlets in South Texas

February 7, 2007

ATLANTA — Church's Chicken has acquired 10 Popeye's restaurants in the Rio Grande Valley from Edinburg, Texas-based Popeye's franchisee CVI Co. Ltd.   Terms…

McDonald's global comps up nearly 5 percent

February 7, 2007

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Global same-store sales for McDonald's Corp. restaurants open at least 13 months increased 4.9 percent in January, the company announced in…

Tim Hortons fourth-quarter profit triples

February 6, 2007

OAKVILLE, Ontario — Net income at Tim Hortons Inc. jumped by more than 300 percent, partly due to $33.5 million in goodwill and asset impairment charges that…