Rob Branca says Dunkin’ Donuts isn’t trying to hide anything. He and his family own this Worcester franchise, as well as about two dozen other Dunkin’ Donuts stores in Massachusetts. He says the chain already puts calorie information on its Web site, and posting those numbers in each store would be a burden.
Read More »Jodi Latina Reports at WTNH, Channel 8 New Haven, CT that a bill in the Connecticut Legislature would require some chain restaurants to put how many calories a food item has right on the menu has passed a legislative committee, but would it really matter to you? We put some News Channel 8 staff members to the test.
Read More »This week, Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Kit Bond (R-MO) have introduced the “Consumer Discount and Fee Transparency Amendment” to H.R. 627, House-passed Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act on the Senate floor this week.
Read More »Massachusetts is poised to become the second state to require restaurant chains to post calorie counts alongside each menu item.
The state Public Health Council will vote today on the proposed regulations, which would affect some 5,800 Massachusetts eateries and have been opposed by restaurant and retail trade groups.
Read More »The recession has been good to McDonald’s. As consumers trade down to cheaper, faster food on the go, McDonald’s has kept up its growth during the downturn. Same-store sales rose 4.3% for the quarter that ended March 29.
Read More »Denny’s Corp. is continuing its plan to increase its percentage of franchise-owned units, which should result in new-restaurant growth.
Read More »The McDonald’s Corporation, the world’s largest restaurant company, said global sales rose 6.9 percent in April, topping analysts’ estimates, as consumers bought more coffee drinks and chicken snack wraps. Sales at domestic restaurants open at least 13 months climbed 6.1 percent, while European orders increased 8.4 percent, McDonald’s said. Sales in Asia, the Middle East…
Read More »Burger King’s National Franchisee Association announced to franchisees at its Town Hall meeting in Las Vegas that thirty minutes prior it had served Burger King Corp. with a lawsuit as it was kicking off its grand annual convention across the street.
Read More »McDonald’s Corp. on Tuesday began a more than $100 million marketing campaign including TV, radio, print, online and outdoor ads for its McCafe line of espresso drinks. The drinks are now being rolled out to the chain’s 14,000 U.S. locations.
Read More »The notion that the early bird gets the worm has quick-service operators pursuing profits in the breakfast daypart like never before — and with good reason. Numerous studies have shown a large share of Americans eat nothing more than cold cereal at breakfast, or they bypass the first meal of the day entirely. Given that…
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