News on QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's may be facing some unlikely competition when it comes to fast food - some big box stores are keeping their customers coming back for more by serving food.

McDonald’s Canada is giving its iconic Happy Meal a makeover and introducing a new automatic offering of yogurt and the choice of apple slices or new mini-sized French fries. The move is part of the company’s commitment to provide customers - especiall...

The United States Potato Board’s (USPB) Vietnam Representatives partnered with the Washington Apple Commission and the US Meat Export Federation at the 2012 Saigon Professional Chef Guild (SPG) Annual Meeting.

The movement by U.S. food corporations toward more humane treatment of animals experienced a whopper of a shift Wednesday when Burger King announced that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017.

Canada has a national sport, a national animal and two official langcodes. But does not have a national dish, until now.

Chili Cheese Fries sprinkled with sea salt and topped with a sauce made with Cheddar cheese and real milk;Freshly oven-baked, U.S. - grown sweet potatoes;Macaroni &Cheese made with white Vermont Cheddar cheese. Is your mouth watering yet?

The 2012 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show has completely sold out its exhbit floor space.

The biggest McDonald's restaurant in the world will open for six weeks during the London 2012 Olympic games with plans to serve more than 50,000 Big Mac burgers and 180,000 orders of french fries.

The Wendy’s Company recently announced an agreement with The Wissol Group to develop 25 restaurants in Georgia and the Republic of Azerbaijan over the next 10 years.

French fries sold at major fast-food chains in Canada contain more than double the amount of salt of those sold at U.S. locations, according to a new international study

A US watchdog group is demanding that the nation’s hospitals kick McDonald’s restaurants off their campuses to “to help curb the epidemic of diet-related disease and to stop fostering a food environment that promotes harm, not health.”

McDonald's will channel its marketing cash into activities that give Australians a look behind the golden arches in the hope they will fall back in love with the brand.

After checking how McDonald’s french fries are produced, the Consumer Protection Authority in Romania (ANPC) recently asked the Audiovisual watchdog to take measures against McDonald’s TV commercial about its French fries for misleading advertising.

Biting into a McDonald's french fry should be like "walking on freshly fallen snow". Barbara Booth, the company's director of sensory science, was presiding over the fast-food giant's semi-annual french fry evaluation in the US - a contest a...

As diners become more sophisticated in their tastes and desire for flavorful, healthful foods, quickservice and fast-casual operators are plating up additional items that satisfy those demands, National Restaurant Association research finds. Consumers...

Wendy's President and CEO Emil Brolick earned total compensation valued at $4.6 million in 2011 after taking the helm of the hamburger chain in September.

A recent analysis of fast food patrons reveals that McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Wendy’s customers are the most unhappy with their health.

In Australia, just one per cent of purchases are from McDonald's healthy range of foods. The research, conducted by the Cancer Council, is the first to confirm that healthy options are rarely being purchased by eat-in diners.