Noticias sobre las Cadenas QSR/Restaurantes

Generating national newspaper coverage every single day and slots on prime time and day time television and radio programmes;the success of National Chip Week 2010 speaks for itself. An official review shows that the Week generated coverage worth ove...

Yum Brands Inc.’s KFC brand is plotting a deeper move into France, hoping that the Colonel’s recipe will strike the taste of a broader swath of French consumers.   This week, KFC launched its first round of national television advertisements in France ...

While another batch of first-quarter results from public restaurant companies offered some signs of an industry turnaround, executives cautioned that obstacles remain on the road to recovery. Improved guest traffic and sales trends were reported last...

Portion sizes give consumers the ok, they demonstrate the “norm”, the accepted amount that most people are eating or are “supposed” to eat.  This may not be intentional - like the larger portion sizes better value message- but many restaurants, especia...

Happy Meal toys and other promotions that come with high-calorie children’s meals will soon be officially banned in parts of Santa Clara County, unless the restaurants meet nutritional guidelines approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors. &...

According to the results of a survey released this month by the German branch of the environmental organization Greenpeace, a number of snacks and fast food giants including Burger King, McDonald's, German seafood chain Nordsee and chipmaker Lorenz Sna...

McDonald’s Corp. reported on Thursday first-quarter earnings growth stemming from same-store sales growth in all areas of the world, which it said was strong in March and continuing through April. “March was a real good month,” Peter Bensen, McDon...

First-quarter reports from public restaurant companies rolled in this week and have highlighted a long-awaited return of guest traffic after nearly two years of eateries losing customers who have been reluctant to spend.Restaurant executives from McDon...

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced strong results for the first quarter driven by all areas of the world. "McDonald's compelling menu, unmatched convenience and unbeatable value generated another strong quarterly performance,&quot...

McDonald's reportó el miércoles ganancias trimestrales que superaron los pronósticos de los analistas gracias al repunte del mercado estadounidense en marzo y a que las ventas globales mantuvieron el impulso durante abril. Las acciones de la mayor cad...

Restaurant companies releasing first-quarter results in the weeks ahead are expected to report improved sales trends, continued cost controls and a heightened sense that an industry recovery has begun, according to securities analysts.While severe wint...

On many weeknights last year, in the depths of the recession, Tursi’s Latin King restaurant in Des Moines closed one of its three dining rooms and pared its kitchen to a skeleton crew. Now, all three rooms are open on most nights, and the kitchen is b...

McCain Foods has told growers in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania it requires 10 per cent less potatoes for the 2010-11 season and wants to cut the price by AU$45 per tonne. A meeting of potato growers at Ballarat last week angrily rejected Mc...

After more than two years of slow sales and anemic guest traffic for restaurant operators, Wall Street analysts say a recovery in consumer spending may finally be here. “We officially declare that ‘the restaurant consumer recovery’ began in March 20...

The rival buyout offer received by CKE Restaurants Inc. this week was from private-equity firm Apollo Management, Reuters reported Thursday.   CKE, the Carpinteria, Calif.-based parent to the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s chains, has until April 27 to evalua...

While the economic climate could lead companies in the sector to cut back on the development of new packaging ideas, some, as Deanna Dixon Sievers, packaging manager at Burger King reveals to Packaging and Converting Intelligence (PCI), are pressing ah...

Maggie returned with her husband to his family home in Chuzhou on the eve of the Chinese New Year, just in time for the grand opening of the city's first KFC restaurant. She took her husband's nephews to the big event – and waited a half-hour just to ...

As President Barack Obama prepares to sign a sweeping health care reform bill into law, the foodservice industry faces changes of historic proportion. In addition to requiring many restaurant operators to contribute to health care coverage for their ...