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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…
read nowPenn 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…
read nowInvestment 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…
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 nowArby'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…
read nowSubway 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…
read nowSubway 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…
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 nowWendy'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…
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 nowCKE 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.
read nowChurch'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…
read nowMcDonald'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…
read nowTim 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…
read nowWhataburger names new president
February 6, 2007
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Whataburger Restaurants LP has named Preston Atkinson as president of the 700-restaurant chain. The president's post has been vacant…
read nowNextep launches outdoor kiosk
February 6, 2007
TROY, Mich. — Nextep Systems, provider of self-service kiosk solutions, has launched its Nextreme Outdoor Kiosk. The kiosk employs an industrial PC with…
read nowBurger King, Immokalee end tomato-picker wage talks
February 5, 2007
MIAMI — Burger King Corp. has declined to accept the "penny per pound" proposal submitted to them by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' (CIW) to increase…
read nowWendy's looks to breakfast for growth
February 5, 2007
The Street: Wendy's International Inc. plans to begin offering breakfast in 20 to 30 percent of its 5,950 U.S. restaurants this year, according to chief…
read nowJack in the Box rolls out new sandwich
February 4, 2007
SAN DIEGO — Jack in the Box Inc. is adding a new sandwich to the hamburger chain's menu. According to a news release, Jack's new Sirloin Steak 'n' Mushroom…
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