Cadenas QSR/Restaurantes

Octubre 09, 2008

Venezuela shuts McDonald's restaurants in tax fight

Venezuela's tax body has shut all branches of McDonald's in the South American nation for 48 hours as punishment for alleged tax irregularities, the government said on Thursday.Thursday's announcement affects McDonald's 115 restaurants in Venezuela.

Octubre 07, 2008

Yum! Brands Inc. Reports Strong Third-Quarter

Yum! Brands Inc. Reports Strong Third-Quarter 2007 EPS Growth of 20% or $0.50 Per Share;Raises Full-Year EPS Growth Forecast to 13% from 12%;Plans $4 Billion in Share Repurchases Over Next Two Years. Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today reported results ...

Octubre 05, 2008

Analysts Question Wendy's Flight to 'Quality' Positioning

Wendy's really has flipped its wig. The No. 3 burger chain has elected to focus on adult consumers rather than "heavy fast-food users"ages 18-24—a move that some analysts are calling risky.While McDonald's and Burger King have enjoyed a rise ...

Octubre 03, 2008

US Survey: Feeling the economic crunch, small businesses just try to hang on

Holding onto current sales and customers has jumped to the top priority for entrepreneurial operations like restaurants, surpassing such usual imperatives as growing the business, according to research released Thursday by American Express. Small busin...

Octubre 02, 2008

Restaurantes de California pronto comenzarán a anunciar calorias

California se convirtió el martes en el primer estado estadounidense que exigirá que las cadenas de comida rápida anuncien las calorías en su menú. El estado estima que sus residentes colectivamente han aumentado 165 millones de kilos en la última déc...

Octubre 02, 2008

BURGER KING Restaurants Now Using Trans Fat Free Cooking Oils as Part of BK Positive Steps Nutrition Program

Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC) announced today that all BURGER KING(R) restaurants nationwide are now cooking with trans fat free cooking oils. Furthermore, by Nov. 1, 2008, all BURGER KING(R) menu ingredients will contain zero grams artificial trans f...

Octubre 02, 2008

McDonald's to speed up east Europe expansion

McDonald's Corp will speed up its expansion drive in central and eastern Europe to tap into the region's vibrant growth and increasingly affluent middle class, its No. 2 official said.Over the last several years, McDonald's has not grown significantly ...

Octubre 01, 2008

YUM! Brands Announced U.S. Divisions Will Place Calories on All Company Restaurant Menu Boards

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today announced that its U.S. divisions, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver’s and A&W All-American Food, will become the first national restaurant chains to begin voluntarily placing product ...

Septiembre 30, 2008

KFC recieves Halaal certification in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, KFC has also acquired the Halaal stamp for its full menu including its popular KFC Biriyani, KFC Kottu and KFC Chinese Chicken Rice. The Halaal accreditation was received from the All Ceylon Jamithul Ulama (ACJU) which is the only statuto...

California first US state to require fast food chains to list calories

Septiembre 30, 2008

Californian Restaurants to list calories on Menu

California on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to require fast-food restaurant chains to list calories on their menus.The state estimates that residents collectively have gained 360 million pounds (165 million kg) in the last decade, and it sees the...

Septiembre 29, 2008

Triarc and Wendy's Complete Merger Transaction. New company will be Named Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.

Triarc Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRY;TRY.B), the parent company of Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc., which is the franchisor of the Arby's(R) restaurant system, and Wendy's International, Inc. (NYSE: WEN), announced today that they have completed their merg...

Septiembre 26, 2008

Restaurant growth may suffer as GE slows new lending

GE Capital Solutions, Franchise Finance, the largest restaurant lender by assets and clients, confirmed Friday it would be “much more selective” and defer rate quotes on new deals as the credit chill that began last year becomes a freeze in the face of...

Septiembre 26, 2008

KFC deja KO a McDonalds en China

Kentucky Fried Chicken ha conseguido lo que otras cadenas de comida rápida llevan tiempo soñando. La enseña americana supera, en China, a todos sus competidores del sector, incluido al líder del mercado mundial, McDonald’s. El éxito de KFC en el país o...

Septiembre 24, 2008

Burger King 'Have it Your Way' campaign linked to Presidential Election

Burger King is breaking a national TV and social-networking campaign on Facebook and MySpace today that plays off the Nov. 4 presidential election. BK says the campaign’s aim is to encourage its customers to vote. The TV spot is a montage of real Burg...

Septiembre 23, 2008

McDonald's Says Bank of America Won't Boost Loans

McDonald's Corp. told some U.S. franchisees to seek other ways to finance store improvements after Bank of America Corp. declined to increase lending. Store owners have exhausted financing used to pay for upgrades and equipment to make lattes and espr...

Septiembre 21, 2008

KFC - 'a foreign brand with Chinese characteristics'

One of the many mysteries of modern marketing is how KFC, a once rather lack-luster American fast food brand, outperformed all competitors and in particular arch rival and world market leader McDonald's, to become the biggest restaurant chain in China....

Septiembre 19, 2008

Starbucks and KFC are drawn into China's tainted milk scandal

STARBUCKS and KFC have admitted using products from firms affected by China's tainted milk crisis. The news cames as Hong Kong ordered recalls of ice creams found to be contaminated with melamine, the compound responsible for killing four babies in a h...

McDonalds French Fries produced in Lamb Weston's Hermiston factory

Septiembre 18, 2008

McDonald’s shows Moms the production of its World Famous French Fries

Recently, the Moms' Quality Correspondents concluded their second year of unprecedented access to the McDonald's® system of owner/operators, executives and Supply Chain with Lamb Weston, one of McDonald's Potato Suppliers for McDonald’s Hash Browns and...