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Anew chef and rising beef costs were two of the main catalysts for the revamped menu that Carmichael's Chicago Steak House introduced in May along with several new main courses [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- McDonald's Corp. warned investors that its profits would be lower than expected for the third consecutive quarter because of lingering consumer concerns over the safety of [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- Burger giant McDonald's Corp. is tinkering with its portfolio of new brands with plans to take its Boston Market brand overseas even amid a report that [...]

The Roundtable for Women in Foodservice honored Patricia Harris, vice president of diversity initiatives at McDonald's Corp., as its 2001 Woman of the Year during its 18th annual Pacesetter Awards [...]

Looking to learn from the massive product recall last fall, which involved taco shells made from gene-spliced corn, a panel of experts at the National Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show urged foodservice [...]

Nation's Restaurant News, in celebration of the importance of the research and development process in the foodservice industry, honored A leaders in the field at the fourth annual Menu-Masters Awards [...]

LOUISVILLE, KY. -- Papa John's International, after reporting stronger-than-expected sales and profits in the first quarter, warned Wall Street that its second-quarter performance would be more challenging because of a [...]

While the nation's largest pizza chains continue to offer free delivery in most stores, a growing number of franchisees on the West Coast and in the Midwest are looking to [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- One year after closing the deal on a $173.5 million acquisition of the formerly bankrupt Boston Market chain, parent McDonald's Corp. is crowing about the turnaround [...]

Quick-service chains nationwide are bracing for what could be an unusually competitive summer season if gasoline prices and utility bills -- both consumers' and operators' -- continue to rise, intensifying [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL.-- Looking to ease investor concerns about their recent poor results, McDonald's Corp. officials at the annual shareholder's meeting emphasized the company's growing portfolio of brands and experimental [...]

Staff in flux leaves morale low, training costs high Myles Leevy, who has worked as a server and manager in various full-service Chicago restaurants for the past eight years, knows [...]

DUBLIN, OHIO -- With rising beef, labor and utility prices putting the squeeze on the quick-service segment, Wendy's, the nation's third-largest burger chain, has increased its menu prices -- even [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- Looking to reverse two consecutive quarters of decreased earnings and jump-start the growth of its nonburger brands, McDonald's Corp. realigned its global senior management team just [...]

CHICAGO -- McDonald's unveiled its first domestic McCafe here with the expectation that the gourmet coffee shop, which is successful overseas, will help move the Oak Brook, Ill.-based burger giant [...]

Seek bigger slice of pie through ad campaigns, promotions Following last year's sales slowdown, the pizza segment is gaining momentum through a mixture of product news, advertising campaigns and higher-priced [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- In line with its previous warning to Wall Street, McDonald's Corp.'s first-quarter net earnings tumbled 16 percent, to $378.3 million, as consumer concerns about eating beef [...]

MIAMI -- After less than a month on the job, Burger King's new leader is shaking up the nation's second-largest burger chain by taking several major steps toward igniting sluggish [...]

Unlike most Japanese restaurants in Chicago, newcomer Heat displays live fish for the customers to select from saltwater tanks underneath the sushi bar. Aiming to create an authentic Japanese dining [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- When a fast-food competitor opened across the street, Ruby Maldonado, general manager for a McDonald's restaurant in Herrin, Ill., did not panic. She encouraged her crew [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- McDonald's Corp. refuted reports that said the burger giant might, in its quest for increased sales, retreat from an a aggress we menu-proliferation strategy by reducing [...]

DALLAS -- Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to step into Pizza Hut's highly publicized legal battle claiming false advertising by Papa John's, competition in the pizza category remains as [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- Burger behemoth McDonald's, already immensely popular with the preschool crowd, is looking to satisfy slightly larger appetites with a new combo meal designed to appeal to [...]

KOKOMO, IND. -- McDonald's Corp. is cooking up comfort foods like meat loaf and mashed potatoes here, in the hopes that menu diversity and table service could increase check averages [...]

With the pizza category's price war showing no sign of easing, its three largest chains are wielding new strategies, products, advertising messages and customer service upgrades in bids to sustain [...]

OAK PARK, ILL. -- Flat Top Grill is training its general managers to think more like chief executives. That philosophy is a top priority for Flat Top's president, Loret Carbone, [...]

401(K) plan seen as key to staffing OAK BROOK, ILL. -- McDonald's Corp. is ordering up super-sized sales at its U.S. restaurants, where better food and emerging technologies, even a [...]

CEO Dasburg faces whopper of a challenge MIAMI - After reporting six-month declines in operating profits and same-store sales, the nation's second-largest hamburger chain is preparing for a whopping change [...]

Patrick Concannon, who treasures the experiences of training under renowned chefs like Charlie Trotter; recently discovered that his real calling is working at his family's restaurant business with people who [...]

Company sets aside $500M for growth DUBLIN, OHIO -- Wendy's International Inc. has a $500 million war chest readily accessible for acquisitions, according to its president and chief executive, Jack [...]

MIAMI -- Moving forward with plans to spin off its Burger King division, London-based liquor and foodservice conglomerate Diageo PLC tapped the chief of Northwest Airlines, John H. Dasburg, to [...]

LOUISVILLE, KY. -- Amid a restructuring that will leave open its presidency and the newly vacated office of chief financial officer, Papa John's International will take a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter charge [...]

LOUISVILLE, KY. -- KFC Corp. dropped its highly publicized lawsuit against a couple who claimed to have found a copy of the secret fried-chicken recipe developed by KFC founder Col. [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL. -- Expanding its new brand offerings beyond burritos, chicken, pizza and coffee, fast-food conglomerate McDonald's Corp. is sampling the upscale cold sandwiches, pasta and sushi offered by [...]

As multibranding continues to remain a key growth strategy this year for several large fast-food chains, the most aggressive efforts in the quick-service arena are coming from foodservice companies like [...]

Archrivals McDonald's and Burger King have unveiled major shifts in their menu and marketing strategies that are expected to determine how each chain will fare both in the short and [...]

ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- As McDonald's Corp. approaches the midpoint of its 10-year mega-marketing alliance with Walt Disney Co., the burger giant is spicing up its promotional calendar while preparing for [...]

NEWYORK -- Irwin Kruger, a veteran McDonald's franchisee with six stores in Manhattan, has customized the hamburger chain's Made For You cooking system for his high-volume urban restaurants that operate [...]

As chef-owner of Rambutan restaurant in Chicago, Jennifer Aranas is living her dream of bringing upscale Filipino food to that city. And despite its large Asian population, Aranas says her [...]

CHICAGO -- Moving forward on plans for a chainwide face-lift aimed at building a late-night daypart with live music, Hard Rock Cafe has unveiled a new bar- and stage-focused design [...]

In a flurry of activity among the top pizza chains, Pizza Hut appealed its advertising case against Papa John's to the U.S. Supreme Court, Domino's Pizza geared up for a [...]

DUBLIN, OHIO -- Following a previously disclosed plan to focus on beefing up its North American expansion, Wendy's International is shuttering all 18 of its company-owned restaurants in Argentina and [...]

Golden Arch hotels set to open in spring OAK BROOK, ILL. -- Reacting to a disclosure by McDonald's Corp. that it will open two branded hotels in Switzerland by March, [...]

As if opening his namesake restaurant in Chicago several years before his 30th birthday were not enough, Eric Aubriot also found the time to get married, have a baby and [...]

LEXINGTON, KY. -- A & W Restaurants is looking to heat up its co-branded growth strategy, particularly with its sister chain Long John Silver's as well as with KFC Corp., [...]

DUBLIN, OHIO -- Despite intense competition among the industry's largest hamburger chains, Wall Street remains bullish about the operating performance of Wendy's International, which recently indicated that it is considering [...]

Say upgraded units, nonpizza items to raise prospects for dough Segment leader Pizza Hut and Mazzio's, a 250-unit rival based in Oklahoma, are among a new wave of chains vying [...]

The nation's three largest pizza chains found that high labor costs, deep discounts and a lack of product rollouts made for an unsavory recipe of soft sales over the summer [...]

OAK BROOK, ILL.--While gearing up to conduct a nationwide replacement of a lettuce-and-tomato burger that debuted less than one year ago, McDonald's Corp. is looking to elevate food in its [...]

Management grapples with franchisee, activists discontent MIAMI -- Two prickly activist groups targeting Burger King are becoming a thorn in the side of the nation's second-largest hamburger chain at a [...]