Restaurants and Food Services
US burger chain rolls out beefy bacon sundae
Jun 13, 2012 15:54 EDT
Burger King announced a special summer menu Wednesday that includes a 510-calorie bacon sundae perfected in one of the most obesity-stricken states in America.
Dunkin' Donuts plans 100 new India outlets
May 30, 2012 14:00 EDT
Dunkin' Donuts said Wednesday it aimed to open 100 stores in India over the next five years as it goes head-to-head with rival Starbucks, due to open in the emerging market giant later this year.
KFC ordered to pay $8.3 million to Australian girl
Apr 27, 2012 02:27 EDT
Fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken has been ordered to pay Aus$8 million (US$8.3 million) to an Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was paralysed after eating a Twister wrap.
Burger King promises to use free range eggs, pork
Apr 25, 2012 19:37 EDT
Global fast food chain Burger King will soon be serving up morsels from free range eggs and pigs, the company said in a statement Wednesday.
Canada study calls for regulating salt in fast foods
Apr 16, 2012 12:42 EDT
The amount of salt on the menus of the six biggest fast food companies varies greatly from nation to nation, according to a study Monday that calls for regulations to curb sodium intake.
McDonald's looks to lure French with 'McBaguette'
Apr 10, 2012 07:49 EDT
The French branch of US fast food giant McDonald's said on Tuesday it was to introduce a "McBaguette" sandwich in an effort to cater to local tastes.
Burger King to return to New York exchange
Apr 04, 2012 02:00 EDT
Burger King has announced the sale of a 29 percent stake in the fast food chain and its upcoming return to the New York Stock Exchange, two years after it was acquired by an investment firm.
McDonald's CEO Skinner to step down
Mar 22, 2012 02:22 EDT
McDonald's Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner will retire in June, after 41 years at the US fast food giant, to be replaced by Chief Operating Officer Don Thompson, the company said.
Dunkin' aims at China with pork donuts, LeBron James
Mar 05, 2012 07:11 EST
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pork donuts may not be palatable to Americans or Europeans, but the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chains is catering to local tastes in China, where it aims to open another 100 stores in the next two to three years.
Starbucks targets Nestle market share: report
Mar 02, 2012 02:11 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S.-based Starbucks Corp <SBUX.O> is planning to strengthen its presence in Europe and grab market share from Switzerland's Nestle <NESN.VX> in the area of instant coffee, its chief executive told a German newspaper.
Analysis: Gas prices siphon sales from restaurants, grocers
Feb 29, 2012 16:58 EST
(Reuters) - Genevieve Spinella sold her Lincoln Navigator in August and bought a more fuel efficient Kia Soul as gasoline prices began weighing on her mind.
Analysis: Gas prices siphon sales from restaurants
Feb 29, 2012 16:58 EST
(Reuters) - Genevieve Spinella sold her Lincoln Navigator in August and bought a more fuel efficient Kia Soul as gasoline prices began weighing on her mind.
Analysis: Yum eyes young India to help mirror China profits
Feb 28, 2012 17:39 EST
LOS ANGELES/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Rati Motwani of Mumbai treats her 7-year-old daughter to a fast-food fix almost every weekend.
McDonald's plans to expand franchising in China
Feb 28, 2012 01:54 EST
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp <MCD.N>, the world's biggest hamburger chain said it plans to increase the number of franchised stores in China as it ramps up expansion in one of the world's fastest-growing consumer markets.
Stock index futures signal early gains
Feb 21, 2012 04:38 EST
(Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 all up 0.3 percent at 5 a.m. ET.
McDonald's praised for crate-free pork pledge
Feb 14, 2012 11:35 EST
The American Humane Association, a 135-year-old animal welfare group, has praised the fast food giant McDonald's for pledging not to serve pork raised in tiny crates.
McDonald's vows to stop pork suppliers confining sows in crates
Feb 13, 2012 16:47 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Monday it will work with its U.S. pork suppliers to phase out the use of gestation crates, the cramped stalls that millions of mother sows are confined to while they raise piglets.
Starbucks to enter India, targets 50 outlets by year-end
Jan 30, 2012 09:26 EST
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp <SBUX.O> will open its first coffee shops in India in August or September, a year later than originally planned, and aims to have 50 outlets by year-end through a tie-up with the Tata group, the country's biggest business house.
Starbucks to open first India outlet in Aug-Sept
Jan 30, 2012 06:45 EST
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp will open its first retail outlet in India around August or September, R.K. Krishnakumar, vice chairman of joint venture partner Tata Global Beverages, told reporters on Tuesday.
Starbucks posts profit beat, sales jump
Jan 26, 2012 16:14 EST
(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp's reported a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street's view after global economic worries failed to weaken demand for drinks and other products from the world's biggest coffee chain.
