Burger King Holdings Corp.’s (BKC) wants to beef up its national advertising budget, but franchisees are worried the plan will take a bite out of rebates they get based on soft drink syrup purchases.
Read More »Both Wells Fargo Restaurant Finance and U.S. Bank said this week they had each developed financing programs for McDonald’s U.S. franchisees.
Read More »Starbucks Corp. has detailed plans to close about 200 stores across the United States as it struggles with the recession and a decline in revenue.
Read More »West Virginian Sen. Dan Foster, D-Kanawha, took the demise Tuesday of the menu-labeling bill he had championed all session with a grain of salt.
Read More »A local West Virginian franchise restaurant operator said Wednesday he and other franchisees were reluctantly willing to follow a proposed law that would require them to post calorie contents on their menu boards.
Read More »Two senators – Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine – are asking the Treasury to use bailout funds to guarantee bank lines of credit for small businesses.
Read More »The dollar value menu disappeared long ago from high-cost urban areas, but the new $5 menu may have some staying power. Even in notoriously expensive Manhattan, a recent trip down 23rd Street showed a Subway, a Quizno’s, and a Boston Market offering $5 meal options.
Read More »Knoxville has been selected by Chick-fil-A as one of three test markets across the country for new low-fat breakfast products.
Read More »QSRweb asked McDonald’s executives for an update on the progress of the McCafe line rollout, McDonald’s USA spokeswoman Danya Proud answered QSR’s questions.
Read More »McDonald’s highly publicized rollout of its McCafe specialty coffee line is more than halfway to completion and winning over coffee lovers along the way. More than 7,000 — or a little more than half — of U.S. stores now sell the espresso-based drinks, and the chain expects to meet its mid-2009 deadline, said Danya Proud, spokeswoman for the company.
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