Social Responsibility News & Media
Nation's 2nd oldest burger QSR, Halo Burger, reborn at 96
September 17, 2019
Halo Burger is celebrating a long-and-healthy 96 years today, which also just happens to be National Cheeseburger day, which might not even have been around…
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McDonald's launches US employee harassment training in October
August 29, 2019
McDonalds' franchisees are launching a workplace training program that the organizations says is designed to "support a professional, safe and respectful…
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Subway adopts 50,000 honeybees at world HQ campus
August 13, 2019
Upon learning that nearly three-quarters of the bees in Subway's corporate headquarter state of Connecticut died last year, the brand initiated an ambitious…
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A&W scoops the competition on Root Beer Float Day
August 6, 2019
When it comes to claiming a favored U.S. summertime beverage, Lexington, Kentucky-based A&W may have a frothy head or two over its competitors with its…
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Dear QSRs: Why can't plants be themselves?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In this increasingly plant-based meat world, have QSRs forgotten that plants — sans the meaty masquerade — are actually pretty darn good foods themselves?
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Tacos4Life co-founder on doing good by doing great QSR business
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
With fewer than 20 stores in four U.S. states, the 5-year-old Tacos4Life brand is still at the beginning of its restaurant journey. That does not mean…
listen nowMcDonald's OKs dividend, expands youth career initiative
July 19, 2019
The world's biggest QSR, McDonald's, said it will pay out a quarterly cash dividend relative to its Q2 financial results. The company board declared a…
read nowSubway puts Cornell MBAs to work on waste reduction
July 18, 2019
Subway and students in Cornell University's M.B.A. program are working together to come up with new ways to cut the brand's waste. Cornell graduate M.B.A.
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Biggest Chinese delivery provider launches national charity for riders'/drivers' children
July 17, 2019
The biggest foodservice delivery provider in the world's biggest restaurant delivery market of China is doing something pretty big for its so-called "delivery…
read nowKFC commits to chicken welfare standards in UK by 2026
July 16, 2019
KFC has become the first fast food chain in the U.K. to say it will comply with an animal welfare standard known as the European Chicken Commitment, which was…
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Taco Bell opens 1st freestanding cantina to 'wave reviews,' dude!
July 9, 2019
Taco Bell said it's going full-steam ahead with its cantina concept restaurants, with plans to open the alcohol-serving renditions of the brand in Boston, Fort…
read nowAt 100 years, A&W free 'Float Day' honors its beginnings by honoring veterans
July 9, 2019
Squarely in the middle of the dog days of summer, A&W Restaurants reminds the world that it's okay to just "float on" amidst the heat with its annual…
read nowTA Restaurant Group serves free meals to past, present soldiers on Independence Day
July 2, 2019
Active-duty military, veterans and reservists can eat free this Independence Day at TA Restaurant Group on-the-road restaurants of Country Pride and Iron…
read nowCarl's Jr, Hardee's launch soldier-supporting Stars for Heroes campaign
May 23, 2019
Carl's Jr. and Hardee's parent company, CKE Restaurants Inc., has launched its eighth annual Stars for Heroes in-store fundraising initiative benefiting the…
read nowJack in the Box Foundation donates $300,000 to charities
May 9, 2019
The Jack in the Box chain's philanthropic arm, the Jack in the Box Foundation, has donated $100,000 each to the non-profits of No Kid Hungry, The First Tee and…
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What difference do women make in QSR leadership anyway? KFC, Subway detail the brand-boosting benefits
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Granted, there is a lot of news about the absolute need for women in both leadership and the rank and file of the QSR industry. But why? What difference does…
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Subway, Yum cultures help elevate women to QSR leadership amidst industry strewn with challenges
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
What impedes female QSR professionals en route to the top of the world's biggest chains? And what difference can women make once they reach the C-level? Female…
read nowDonate to war heroes, win a free 'jumbo' at Ben's Soft Pretzels
April 26, 2019
We know you probably had this circled in red on your calendar, but just in case you weren't aware, this April 26, is National Pretzel Day. To honore that fact…
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QSR operator's guide to netting free press
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Earned media, free press, viral media -- whatever you call it, when it's positive and it sets local and/or national news reporters afoot and in the direction…
read nowDoorDash launches immigrant restaurant owner support initiative
March 29, 2019
Delivery platform, DoorDash, has launched an initiative designed to support and promote immigrant and refugee food business owners called Kitchens Without…
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