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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...

Americans concerned for their health, the environment and where their food comes from are changing the way they eat. And a yearning for more sensory stimulation is changing the way they shop. In response, manufacturers are changing the way they do bus...

With breakfast sales growing three times faster than any other daypart and the demand for grab-and-go foods rapidly increasing, McCain Foods USA is excited to introduce new Early Risers hot, handheld breakfasts. Early Risers portable breakfasts are a d...

According to this blog, Frito-Lay has launched strawberry flavoured Cheetos in Japan. The Strawberry flavoured Cheetos joins a chocolate flavoured version and a caramel flavoured Doritos.

El presidente Ejecutivo de Sierra Exportadora, Gastón Benza Pflucker, informó que están trabajando para introducir el papapan o pan de papa en los programas de alimentación de los cuarteles de las Fuerzas Armadas.   Para el efecto Benza Pflucker soste...

 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 ...

In Australia, a country with 21 million people, an average of 1.2 million Australians a day walked through the golden arches in 2007. The McDoanld's franchise, which has 762 restaurants across Australia, notched double-digit growth over the calendar ...

McCain has now installed the three windturbines near their Whittlesey french fry factory in the United Kingdom. These 80 meter high windturbines will reduce the electricity bill of the Whittlesey french fry factory with 45%, while at off-peak times an...

In the 27 countries of the EU, 23,000 hectares were used for growing potatoes according to organic standards in 2006. This is equivalent to 1 % of the total area for potato growing in Europe. The most important countries were Germany with 7,500 hectare...

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...