News on QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends from the United States

Celebrity chefs - you watch them create masterpieces on TV, and now you have a chance to see them up close and personal in the World Culinary Showcase at the 2011 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show.

The National Restaurant Association today announced the recipients of its first annual Food &Beverage Product Innovations Awards, which recognize progressive food and beverage products that will make a significant impact in the restaurant industry...

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) yesterday announced global comparable sales growth of 6.0% in April.

Go into the kitchen of a Taco Bell today, and you'll find a strong counterargument to any notion that the U.S. has lost its manufacturing edge. Every Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King is a little factory, with a manager who oversees three...

Fries have been getting downsized. The introduction of dollar menus, effects of the recession and end of supersizing have taken a toll on french fry consumption at restaurants.

La introducción de los menús de dólar, los efectos de la recesión y el final de las porciones gigantes han hecho mella en el consumo de papa a la francesa en los restaurantes. En los Estados Unidos, las ventas de papa congelada procesada a los restaur...

New Lamb Weston Tavern Traditions™-brand Beer Battered Onion Rings, Fries, and Mozzarella Sticks allow foodservice operators to tap the heritage of the American tavern renaissance

General Colin L. Powell (Ret.) will share insights into global events, and the impact those changes and issues will have in the United States and abroad, at the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show next month.

To provide these tax procrastinators with a little break, and to reward those lucky few who have already completed their returns, Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. has declared Friday, April 15 as Free FryDay at locations nationwide (United States).

According to a national taste test in the US presented by Wendy's, consumers said Wendy's new fries taste better than McDonald's fries.

As America ramps up its fight against bulging waist lines, restaurant chains are providing ammunition in the form of great-tasting menu items with 550 or fewer calories.

New York's City Council announced its proposal to outlaw toys and other incentives from meals that don't meet extensive nutrition requirements

A New York City lawmaker has proposed a bill that would ban fast-food restaurant gimmicks that include children's toys, like the McDonald's Happy Meal, unless the meal meets certain nutritional standards.

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today kicked off a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hamburger University, its signature training and education facility. In 1961, Hamburger University began in a McDonald's restaurant basement in Elk ...

McDonald’s Corp. officials said the company’s plan to hire 50,000 people in one day presents it with an opportunity to show that a “McJob” isn’t a dead end but rather the start of a career.

McDonald’s wil in de Verenigde Staten op 19 april 50.000 nieuwe personeelsleden in dienst nemen, meldde het concern gisteren.

So you don’t quite feel up to struggling through all 183 pages of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed menu-labeling regulation?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued two proposed regulations regarding calorie labeling on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, retail food establishments, and vending machines.