QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

A new survey conducted by foodservice consultants Technomic, Inc. revealed that the mandated calorie disclosure for New York City restaurants with 15 or more units is affecting what items consumers order and which restaurants they visit. Technomic fou...

Mcdonald's Corp (MCD), the world's largest fast-food chain, has cut some prices by as much as a third in China where once booming economic growth has slumped amid the global financial crisis.In what the company calls "the best ever value meal comb...

Restaurant chain operator Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), Tuesday announced that fourth quarter profit declined 12% from last year, hurt by charges, and negative impact from foreign currency translation. Excluding charges, earnings grew over the year-ago, and...

Patatzaken bakken nog steeds op grote schaal in ongezond, vast frituurvet. Van de circa 3.000 snackbars die niet meedoen aan de campagne ‘Verantwoord Frituren’  is ongeveer 70% nog altijd niet overgestapt op het veel betere vloeibare frituurvet, zo bli...

La crisis no ha impedido que la principal cadena de comida rápida del mundo haya logrado incrementar su beneficio en 2008 en un 80%, hasta los 4.313 millones de dólares (3.307 millones de euros). Además, McDonald’s seguirá creciendo y abrirá unos 1.000...

Announcing McDonald's Q4 and 2008 results, chief executive Jim Skinner said: "For 2009 we plan to invest $2.1bn in capital to open about 1,000 new restaurants and reinvest in our existing locations." Despite beef, cheese, and other ingredien...

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced strong operating results for the fourth quarter and the year, driven by global comparable sales growth."2008 was a strong year for McDonald's,"said Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner. &quot...

Burguer King está consolidando su crecimiento en Sudamérica, en especial en México donde la franquicia cuenta ya con 400 establecimientos, superando claramente a su más directo competidor, Mc Donald’s, que se sitúa con 374 puntos de venta en el país az...

McDonald's Corp. (NYSE:MCD) will add 12,000 jobs and open 240 new restaurants across Europe this year, the Financial Times in London reported on Saturday, citing the company's president of European operations. The fast-food chain's plans for expansion ...

De kredietcrisis en de daarmee gepaard gaande economische malaise bieden juist de cafetariasector kansen. Actief ondernemerschap is echter vereist.De economie zit in een dip en een deel van de horeca heeft het moeilijk. Ook de cafetariasector kampte he...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today launched the first phase of its work to introduce nutrition information in a range of catering outlets.The FSA wants to see more consistent nutrition information for consumers at the point they make a decision ...

Jason Apfelbaum's Totally Baked—baked potato restaurant—on 18th Street—has closed. After spending a ton of cash, the successful catering entrepreneur has been forced to accept that his business model was flawed. According to numerous comments on the In...

It wasn’t too long ago that McDonald’s, vilified as making people fat, was written off as irrelevant. Now, six years into a rebound spawned by more appealing food and a less aggressive expansion, McDonald’s seems to have won over some of its most harde...

Refridgerated and Frozen Foods held an extensive interview with Mark Hayden, senior VP of supply chain and distribution sales at Conagra Lamb Weston.An exerpt: “When you get into these types of economic conditions, operators need someone to bring them...

Restaurateurs were hit with a double whammy of increased costs and dropping sales in 2008. But looking back at the carnage, there are a few bright spots. Although the restaurant sector dropped by 20%, it still beat the S&P’s 38% loss. In fact, ther...

The outlook for the restaurant industry worsened in November, as the National Restaurant Association’s comprehensive index of restaurant activity fell to a record-low level. The Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) – a monthly composite ind...

As of Jan. 1 2009 more than 1,500 fast-food and chain restaurants throughout Seattle and King County will be required to post on their menu boards or some other "easily readable"sign how many calories, milligrams of sodium and grams of satura...

McDonald's Ukraine Company has opened the McDonald's fast food restaurant at 14a, Krasnova Street in Odesa, expanding its chain in the city to the seventh and 64th in UkraineAccording to a Monday press release of the company, investment in the construc...