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A group led by William Foley, chairman of Fidelity National Financial Inc., has decided not to submit a bid for Wendy's International Inc., according to a person familiar with the situation.Bids for the hamburger chain were due at 5 p.m. Eastern time y...

McDonald's Corp , the world's largest fast-food chain, said on Tuesday it would sell up to 21 percent of its company-owned restaurants to franchisees over the next three years. The announcement comes as McDonald's has been working to reduce its restaur...

McDonald's Corp, la mayor cadena de comida rápida del mundo, anunció el martes que planea vender a franquicias hasta un 21 por ciento de sus restaurantes durante los próximos tres años o más.

Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz submitted an offer to buy Wendy's International Inc., but the proposed price is below what he previously said the third-largest U.S. hamburger chain is worth, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday. The filing did n...

The check. For each of the chains, we bought and analyzed fries from five to nine restaurants in five states.CR's take. In our sampling, Wendy's still missed its mark. So did Burger King. McDonald's fries claim a high 8 g for most locations and 0 g fo...

New Ice yesterday announced that it would begin manufacturing a new class potato-starch based compostable containers for dry, damp or wet foods.The announcement yesterday follows grants of patents for the process in the US and Europe. The patents discl...

McDonald's Corp. said Thursday that comparable sales jumped by 6.9% during October, fueled by strong growth in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.McDonald's also reported overall sales growth of 14.2% during the month. Again, Asia-Pacific, the Mi...

When you think of childhood obesity, McDonald's and Pepsi want you to think of them -- but probably not in the way you think. Representatives from the fast-food and soft-drink conglomerates attended a international conference aimed at fighting childho...

Burger King Holdings Inc. informó el lunes que las ganancias de su primer trimestre fiscal subieron 23%, pero el precio de las acciones de la segunda mayor cadena de restaurantes de hamburguesas del mundo bajaban más de 6% luego de que tres grandes acc...

Burger King Corp (NYSE: BKC) anunció el nombramiento de Armando Jacomino como presidente de la región de América Latina. Jacomino continuará con el creciente desarrollo de restaurantes de la Compañía en América Latina y el Caribe, incluida una mayor e...

While industries such as retail, manufacturing, and financial services have cut tens of thousands of jobs, the foodservice sector continues to beef up payrolls, with 65 percent of fast food restaurants reporting an increase in employment levels at bot...

Canadian Food Industry Financial review and Update (pdf document) 

Burger King Corp on Tuesday named Armando Jacomino as president of the Latin America region, replacing Julio Ramirez, who was promoted to executive vice president, global operations.

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) today reported strong first quarter earnings, boosted by higher selling prices for its products, including sweeteners and starches.The agricultural and ingredients firm has posted net earnings for the quarter ended Septembe...

Burger King Holdings will show its first net restaurant gains in the US and Canada in six years in 2008, executives said at the company’s first quarter conference call. The company also says it plans an expansion of a net increase of 300 units worldwid...

PepsiCo announced today a strategic realignment of its organizational structure to position the company for continued strong growth and more fully leverage the talents of its senior leaders. "Given PepsiCo's robust growth in recent years, we are ...

Fast-food chain Burger King Corp. said Monday its fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 23 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, helped by "Simpsons"and "Transformers"marketing promotions and sales of the Tendercrisp and Spicy Ch...

Burger King Holdings Inc. said Monday its first-quarter earnings rose 23 percent, but shares of the world's second largest hamburger chain fell more than 6 percent as three big shareholders disclosed plans to sell about a third of their holdings.