QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

McDonald's Corp. said Friday that global sales rose 5.7 percent in January, boosted by a stronger-than-expected showing in the U.S. and growth in Europe and Asia.The report eased investor concerns about fallout from an economic slowdown and sent the co...

YUM Brands is looking at significant makeovers of its mature fast- food outlets. One option it is considering is restructuring KFC, using what the company calls a "non-fried chicken platform"sometime next year. KFC has experimented with non-...

Wendy's International said Monday that its fourth-quarter earnings more than quadrupled from a year ago, when it took major charges for discontinued operations, and restaurants reported better margins despite high prices for beef and chicken prices.Wen...

La cadena de comida rápida Burger King Holdings Inc. anotó un aumento en su ganancia operacional del segundo trimestre fiscal, impulsado por mayores ventas en el mundo y el fuerte desempeño de su sándwich Homestyle Melt en el mercado local.   Burger Ki...

Shares of Burger King Corp. rose for a second day Friday, after the nation's No. 2 burger chain reported growth in quarterly profit in the face of a difficult consumer environment that slowed sales at its biggest rival, McDonald's. On Thursday, Burger ...

Burger King Holdings Inc (BKC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) saw no slowdown in U.S. consumer spending in the recent quarter and is experiencing an uptick in same-store sales in January, Chief Executive John Chidsey said on Thursday. "U.S. comps wer...

Florida-based Burger King Holdings Inc. (BKC), which operates more than 11,300 restaurants in about 69 countries, reported earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, that jumped 29% from prior year. Total revenues for the quarter increased 10% fue...

Mice fed a diet of McDonald's burgers and fries not only put on weight but start to develop human-like genetic traits, scientists have found. The same effect is not seen when mice are given a typical chimpanzee diet of raw fruit and vegetables. Most o...

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...

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...

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 $...

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 ...

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...