QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

Foodservice consultants and research firm Technomic has released its top trends for the restaurant industry in 2009. The consulting group said that while the industry may be facing the toughest New Year in recent memory, opportunities are still present...

McDonald's says it likely will become the first restaurant chain in Japanese history to surpass a half-trillion yen, or $5.6 billion, in yearly sales. Officials of McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan says sales are likely to top 500 billion yen in the 2008 b...

Research released today by the National Restaurant Association shows that Americans are looking for healthier options and "greener"restaurants when they dine out, in addition to an increased interest in value and convenience. Surveys of resta...

Jay Gould: The New York Fries president on selling fries when times are tough (video)

Ondanks de financiële crisis is het extra druk in de betere Belgische snackbars. 'De mensen stellen grote uitgaven uit en hebben nu meer geld over voor een extra pakje gezelligheid', zegt Bernard Lefèvre van het Nationaal Verbond van Frituristen (Navef...

Yum! Brands, Inc.  the world's largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, today released its first Corporate Responsibility Report titled: 'Serving the World.' The printed version of this document, in limited quantity, is on 10...

McDonald's Corp posted higher November sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, helped by an extra weekend, while the strengthening dollar pressured international sales, especially in Europe.McDonald's and other fast-food restaurants have been boo...

Este año Burger King sentará un precedente en el curso de sus operaciones al darle la vuelta, por primera vez, a McDonald´s México en lo relacionado con el número de restaurantes. Armando Jacomino, presidente para América Latina y el Caribe de Burger ...

Burger King Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC), announced today the opening of the first BURGER KING(R) restaurant in the Czech Republic November 25, 2008. This new market entry is an important step to accomplish the company's C...

Although McDonald's Corp.'s sales may see some pressure from a slower economy in China, Wall Street analysts say the company should still report long-term sales and profit growth in its Asia Pacific region.At an investor meeting Friday detailing its As...

Six leading high street restaurant chains – Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, Nando's, Subway and Wimpy – have today announced a commitment to make changes in their restaurants, which support Agency activity to help people eat more healthily outside the ...

About 14 Wendy's headquarters employees will lose their jobs early next year and 120 positions at the Dublin headquarters will move to Atlanta in phases during 2009. In addition, about 45 field-organization jobs will be eliminated. In September, Tria...

The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom. So here is Debra DeMuth, McDonald's global nutrition director, mounting a spirited defense of fries to five mothers of young children at a McDonald's in Baltimore. "They are probably one ...

Soon, the troubled casual-dining industry won't just be worrying about its nearest competitor -- Burger King could be closing in as well with a new slate of premium items, including ribs and thicker burgers."These up-market products are going to m...

McDonald's Corp is shielded against recession and has hardly been hit by the international financial crisis, Chief Executive Jim Skinner was quoted as saying on Thursday."Worldwide turbulence is barely affecting our business,"Skinner told Ger...

McDonald's Corp said on Friday it had opened its 1,000th store in China in the southern province of Guangdong, and planned to open another 175 stores in the country in 2009."McDonald's will be continuing to invest and build in China at an ever inc...

Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Wednesday it will eliminate several hundred jobs and shift up to a couple hundred more as part of a restructuring of its sluggish U.S. business. The restructuring is part of Yum's strategy to sell more company-o...

La cadena estadounidense de comida rápida Burger King anunció hoy su plan de expansión en Colombia, que incluye la apertura de 20 locales de venta de hamburguesas en los próximos cinco años. La empresa, que regresó al país a comienzos de este año desp...