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Riding on the back of a major expansion spree, global fast food chain McDonald's on Monday said it expects the Indian operations to be profitable from the next fiscal, 17 years after it set up shop in the country. The company, which achieved break-even...

Millions of rail travellers may soon have the option of gorging on McDonald's burgers on-board trains, discussions for which are on between the railway authorities and the global fast food giant. Buoyed by the successful bid for opening a restaurant at...

Qatar Food Company (Americana Group), the franchisee owner of KFC, yesterday set a record for the largest serving of fried chicken at the Villagio Mall.An adjudicator of the Guinness World Records made the announcement and presented a certificate to th...

With the branded snacks market buzzing with new entrants, the FritoLay division of PepsiCo India Holdings has kicked off a marketing campaign “Chala Change Ka Chakkar”, which the company claims is its biggest ever portfolio initiative in 2008. As part ...

McDonald's Corp, the world's largest fast-food chain, plans to open 150 outlets in China in 2009, the company's top China executive said on Tuesday, as competition heats up in the rapidly expanding market. The company expects to maintain 15 percent ann...

McDonald's Corp, la mayor cadena de comida rápida del mundo, está incrementando su presencia en China gracias al aumento tanto de los ingresos como del apetito por la comida occidental, tendencias que también han identificado sus rivales.   McDonald's ...

South Korean corporation “Bistek” plans to build a potato starch manufacturing plant in Chuy oblast in Kyrgyzstan. Next to potato starch, the plant will also produces a range of secondary products, including protein and bioethanol. All products are in...

According to this blog, Frito-Lay has launched strawberry flavoured Cheetos in Japan. The Strawberry flavoured Cheetos joins a chocolate flavoured version and a caramel flavoured Doritos.

PepsiCo India Holdings FritoLay India division has roped in Mahendra Singh Dhoni, youth icon and ODI captain to team up with Saif Ali Khan and Juhi Chawla to launch a FritoLay portfolio promotion called 'Chala Change Ka Chakkar' in February 2008.Dhoni ...

Cosmo Restaurants Sdn Bhd, which holds the franchise for Burger King restaurants in Malaysia, plans to open 50 more outlets in the next five years.  Director of operations Khaled Hamman said the company was finalising its business expansion plan.  “W...

China Petroleum &Chemical Corp (Sinopec) and McDonald's Corp have opened their first combination service station and restaurant in Beijing, the Shanghai Business Review reported, citing sources.

India's top tobacco firm, ITC Ltd, on Friday beat market forecasts with a 16 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong growth in packaged foods and hotels, as it bolsters its non-cigarette businesses further.

With its Chinese lettering and unremarkable name, the fast-food outlet in a Shanghai shopping mall looks like many others selling local fare. East Dawning is crowded with customers on this winter evening, and they're sampling a menu that includes pork ...

West Bengal farmers are now on a track to tap profit from potato cultivation and even started several organised potato processing unit in the state. It seemed to them very profitable compared to any other crop within their limit. According to a recent ...

De palmolieprijs is in Maleisië voor het eerst boven de 1.000 dollar per ton gestegen. Dat is goed nieuws voor de beursgenoteerde plantageholding Sipef. De palmolieprijs steeg de voorbije maanden met 68 procent. Sojaolie, het belangrijkste substituut v...

France-based agricultural company, Advanced Food Technologies (AFT), is planning to set up a couple of potato flakes plants in the Hoogly district near Kolkata.    Both the plants with capacity of producing 1200 kg/hour of flakes, would also facilitate...

The Malaysian government said it would flood the retail market with cooking oil starting Tuesday to overcome panic buying sparked by fears of a shortage ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year festivities. Stores in many states have been depleted of palm oil-b...

To get rid of surplus potato production in the state, the West Bengal government is getting its act in place to explore possibilities of exporting table potatoes to Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand which are deficient in meeting their internal demands...