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An Aug. 13 symposium on enhancing the essential healthfulness of the very essential potato will kick off the 91st annual meeting of the Potato Association of America when it convenes Aug. 12-16 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Symposium speaker Katherine Beals, ...

It wasn’t too long ago that the only thing McDonald’s seemed good at was making people fat. Staggered by overexpansion, listless sales and a barrage of negative publicity linking its food to obesity, the chain’s glory days appeared to be fading. In 200...

Chain restaurants in Seattle and other parts of Washington’s King County would be required to post nutrition information on menus and menu boards as of Aug. 1, 2008 under a law approved Thursday by the county Board of Health. The nation’s second menu-...

Health food -- of all things -- may have gotten in the way of a marriage of snack-food titans. PepsiCo Inc., the maker of Doritos and Pepsi-Cola, explored a merger with Nestlé SA in late spring, which would have created an immense global food concern w...

Think of Dairy Queen and ice cream likely comes to mind. The company has put a different spin on that image with a “fast casual” restaurant format called DQ Grill &Chill, selling ice cream and menu items like flame-grilled burgers, turkey sandwiche...

When a passerby filmed rats scampering around a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant in New York in February, the fallout was immediate and widespread. “There are a lot of rats in New York, and familiarity breeds contempt,” said Mark Sheperdigian, vice president o...

McDonald's Corp.'s (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) chief executive sees plenty of room to increase U.S. sales and said it continues to review its debt levels, which it will discuss on a conference call with analysts next week. "We continue to ha...

McDonald's Corp. said Monday it expects to post its second quarterly loss in more than 50 years because of a hefty one-time charge on the sale of some Latin American operations. But the world's biggest fast food restaurant chain said its business is gr...

20070713 McDonald's to Convert Some Japan Locations Into Cafes JP English 4 20070711 McDonald's Cooks Up Energy-Savings Plan INT English 4 20070705 McDonald's goes green - but not all customers are lovin' it GB English 3 20070703 McDonalds' milk...

20061107 McDonald's Asia chief not satisfied with China unit CN English 3 20061106 Why McDonald's Hasn't Cut the Fat INT English 2 20061101 An oil change for McDonald's Australia AU English 2 20061025 McDonald's gets back to basics GB English 2 ...

20070716 McDonald's preve perdidas por costos en Latinoamerica INT Spanish 4 20070421 Colombiano comprara 1.600 McDonald's de America Latina por 700 millones de dolares INT Spanish 4 20070330 McDonald's se va de la region para invertir en China I...

20070420 McDonald’s Zwitserland heeft liever IP-Suisse producten CH Dutch 3 20070402 McDonald’s medewerker ontslagen na weggeven frites IT Dutch 4 20061107 McDonald's serveert in Europa gezonder voedsel zonder trans vet EU Dutch 1 20060913 McDon...

Consumer Reports purchased large servings of fries from three Wendy's restaurants in Westchester County, N.Y., in early September. We sent the fries to an independent lab for fatty-acid analysis. We were surprised to find that the lab tests showed the...

In a move that significantly reduces trans fatty acids (TFAs) on its menu, Wendy's® is making the switch to non- hydrogenated cooking oil for its French fries and breaded chicken items. The oil has zero grams of trans fat per serving.