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The Inventure Group, Inc. today provided an update on the status of its BURGER KING(r) brand salted snack test market and share repurchase plan. The Company reported that vending channel test marketing results for BURGER KING(r) brand salted snacks e...

McDonald's Corp, la mayor cadena de comida rápida del mundo, está incrementando su presencia en China gracias al aumento tanto de los ingresos como del apetito por la comida occidental, tendencias que también han identificado sus rivales.   McDonald's ...

With just a few clicks of the mouse, Jane Cagle can order a small feast for her bosses at Travelocity. The 60-year-old administrative assistant overcame her skepticism about the accuracy of Web purchases and now uses the Internet to have food delivered...

Wendy’s is set to debut its new advertising campaign — "Waaaay Better Than Fast Food"— on national television. The campaign, recently unveiled at Wendy's National Convention in Orlando, features photography of the chain's food.Wendy's current...

Fast food chain Burger King Corp. is scheduled to report its fiscal second-quarter results Thursday morning.   In its fiscal first quarter, Burger King's same-store sales increased 6.6 percent in the U.S. and Canada, and 5.9 percent worldwide. But in w...

The British Potato Council (BPC) is to concentrate its efforts in regional press in a new PR drive in February to promote a week-long celebration of chips. The National Chip Week campaign, to run from 11 to 17 February, will feature recipes, celebrity...

McDonald's posted a solid rise in fourth-quarter profits, topping analysts' expectations for the period, but a significant sales slowdown for December sent shares of the fast-food giant sliding Monday. McDonald's revenue climbed to $5.75 billion from $...

News that McDonald's will offer "A-level grade"training courses has been met with jibes about "McDiplomas"and "McQualifications". But for journalist John Hand, learning the ropes in a fast-food restaurant was a grounding f...

McDonald's Corp. showed its first sign of vulnerability to the U.S. economic slowdown Monday and uneasy investors responded by selling off the fast-food chain's stock despite its booming international sales and healthy $1.27 billion profit. Chief Exe...

La cadena estadounidense de restaurantes de comida rápida McDonald's ganó 2.395,1 millones de dólares en 2007, un 32 por ciento menos que el año anterior, y 1.273,2 millones de dólares en el cuatro trimestre, un 3 por ciento más que en el mismo período...

Mc Donald’s encabeza, un año más, el ránking de las 200 cadenas de franquicias internacionales que más facturan según Franchise Times, la revista norteamericana especializada en el sector. Por tercer año consecutivo, llama la atención el hecho de que e...

 Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM) Inc., which operates the Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut chains, said Thursday its board approved the repurchase of up to an additional $1.25 billion in common stock.The company said this authorization, which lasts over the next 12 ...

In Australia, a country with 21 million people, an average of 1.2 million Australians a day walked through the golden arches in 2007. The McDoanld's franchise, which has 762 restaurants across Australia, notched double-digit growth over the calendar ...

A Thomas Weisel analyst cut his price target on McDonald's Corp., anticipating a U.S. market slowdown.   Matthew DiFrisco said he expects the company to do well despite declining consumer spending and other economic issues, however.   "With its ti...

McDonald's Corp. reports its fourth-quarter results before the start of trading Monday. Analysts Expect McDonald's to Earn 71 Cents Per Share in the 4th Quarter.

De verkiezing van de beste Fish&Chip Shop in Engeland is een groot succes voor de Nederlandse bakwandenfabrikant Kiremko Duurland. Nederlandse fabrikanten van bakwanden zijn bezig met een opmars onder de top van de Engelse cafetaria’s. De winnaar ...

Restaurant chains in New York will be forced to put calorie counts on their menus as part of a healthier eating campaign. The city's health board hopes the fat-filled truth about some dishes will shock diners into choosing alternatives. The new rule ...

Una agencia municipal aprobó el martes un plan para obligar a cadenas de restaurantes de comida rápida a poner la cifra de calorías de sus alimentos en menús, con la esperanza de que eso fuerce a los neoyorquinos a comer de manera más saludable.