QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

McDonald’s is trying to make fast food even faster. The Financial Times reports that the worlds’ largest fast food chain plans to replace many of the cashiers at its 7,000 European restaurants with touch screen terminals.

Celebrity chefs - you watch them create masterpieces on TV, and now you have a chance to see them up close and personal in the World Culinary Showcase at the 2011 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show.

Er is veel onwetendheid over de producten van McDonald’s. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek onder 761 Nederlanders.

The National Restaurant Association today announced the recipients of its first annual Food &Beverage Product Innovations Awards, which recognize progressive food and beverage products that will make a significant impact in the restaurant industry...

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) yesterday announced global comparable sales growth of 6.0% in April.

Go into the kitchen of a Taco Bell today, and you'll find a strong counterargument to any notion that the U.S. has lost its manufacturing edge. Every Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King is a little factory, with a manager who oversees three...

The Canadian restaurant industry is slowly improving to pre-recession levels but long-term growth will depend on more product innovation, quality, customer service, and convenience.

Fries have been getting downsized. The introduction of dollar menus, effects of the recession and end of supersizing have taken a toll on french fry consumption at restaurants.

La introducción de los menús de dólar, los efectos de la recesión y el final de las porciones gigantes han hecho mella en el consumo de papa a la francesa en los restaurantes. En los Estados Unidos, las ventas de papa congelada procesada a los restaur...

The Irving-owned Cavendish Farms has reduced the number of potatoes it's buying this year on P.E.I. for processing by 10 to 15 per cent. President Robert Irving told CBC News Monday the market for french fries has still not shown signs of recovery.

New Lamb Weston Tavern Traditions™-brand Beer Battered Onion Rings, Fries, and Mozzarella Sticks allow foodservice operators to tap the heritage of the American tavern renaissance

Sinds 1976 is de prijs van een pakje friet (in de frituur) in Belgie met meer dan 300% gestegen. In september 2010 waarschuwde het OIVO de consumenten al dat de stijging van de aardappelprijs waarschijnlijk zou leiden tot een stijging van de prijs van...

General Colin L. Powell (Ret.) will share insights into global events, and the impact those changes and issues will have in the United States and abroad, at the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show next month.

The scramble by global food companies into India's fast food sector intensified on Monday as several U.S. chains announced plans to enter the country.

Fast food chain McDonald's has decided to purchase frozen potatoes produced in the Central Anatolian province of Konya for its restaurants in Turkey and neighboring countries, according to the board chairman of the Konya Şeker company.

To provide these tax procrastinators with a little break, and to reward those lucky few who have already completed their returns, Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. has declared Friday, April 15 as Free FryDay at locations nationwide (United States).

According to a national taste test in the US presented by Wendy's, consumers said Wendy's new fries taste better than McDonald's fries.

As America ramps up its fight against bulging waist lines, restaurant chains are providing ammunition in the form of great-tasting menu items with 550 or fewer calories.