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Apr 18, 2007

The Happy Life of a Burger

It's hard to imagine two more unlikely allies: the hard-line animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and the world's second largest hamburger-flipping fast-food chain Burger...

Apr 13, 2007

Wendy's Brings On Jay Fitzsimmons as Executive VP...

Wendy's announced recently it has named Jay Fitzsimmons as Executive Vice President and CFO.Fitzsimmons comes to Wendy's after serving for more than 12 years as senior VP and treasurer at Wal-Mart...

Apr 13, 2007

Joey's Only Promotes New Online Contest

Joey’s Only is doing a a bit of spring-cleaning with its second annual online contest. This time, Joey’s is giving consumers the opportunity to have more free time by entering a contest to win free...

Apr 13, 2007

MEDIchair Awards Nanaimo Location National 'Best...

MEDIchair Nanaimo was recently selected as the winner of the 2006 Harry Mykolaishyn Best Dressed Store Award among the organization’s 60+ locations across Canada. This achievement award is...

Apr 11, 2007

Denny's Names Mark Chmiel Senior VP, Concept...

Denny's announced the appointment of Mark Chmiel to the new position of Senior VP, Concept Innovation. Mr. Chmiel's position becomes effective immediately. In the position, Chmiel assumes...

Apr 11, 2007

Denny's 1Q Same-Store Sales Fall

Denny's Corporation (NASDAQ: DENN) today reported same-store sales for its company-owned Denny's restaurants during the quarter ended March 28, 2007 compared with the related period in fiscal year...

Apr 10, 2007

Pizza Hut Announces Finalists in Contest

The winner of the contest will be chosen based on the most votes received online through April 22 'We were blown away by the quality and creativity of the entries we received,' said Bill Ogle, Pizza...

Apr 9, 2007

Married to her job, and loving every minute

Special to The Globe and MailIn the front room of Sheila Dieterich's home in southeast Calgary is a photo of the preschool class she attended in her native Vancouver. Ms. Dieterich is the last child...

Apr 4, 2007

Burger King Appoints Ronald M. Dykes to Board of...

Burger King reports that Ronald M. Dykes has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective April 1, 2007. He also will serve on the board's audit committee. 'We are very excited to add...

Mar 28, 2007

Burger King to Expand into Egypt

Burger King has announced that its subsidiary, Burger King Europe GmbH, has signed a development agreement with Hana International Company Limited, a subsidiary of Olayan Financing Company, the Saudi...

Mar 23, 2007

Burger King Expands to Hong Kong

Burger King Holdings, Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary, BK ASIAPAC, PTE. LTD., has awarded exclusive development rights for Hong Kong and Macau to a fully owned subsidiary of North Asia...

Mar 21, 2007

Wendy's Raises Earnings Forecast to Reflect Lower...

Wendy's International, Inc. announced today the conclusion of its previously announced accelerated share repurchase transaction of up to $300 million. The Company repurchased 9.0 million shares in the...

Mar 20, 2007

Domino's Targets Minority Franchisees

Domino's is lending a helping hand to aspiring minority franchise candidates. Through its new "Delivering the Dream" program, the recognized world leader in pizza delivery is lending financial...

Mar 20, 2007

McDonalds Close to Selling Its Latin American...

According to a leading Brazilian newspaper, Valor Economico, McDonald's Corp., the world's #1 restaurant chain, may announce this week that it will sell its Latin American outlets to an investment...

Mar 15, 2007

McDonald's Rolls Out New Packaging

McDonald's recently unveiled its new packaging featuring 24 consumers selected from its first online Global Casting Call, which received 13,000 entries from around the world. Starting this month in...

Mar 15, 2007

Denny's Completes Switch to Trans Fat-Free Oil in...

Denny's, the United States’ largest family dining chain, recently announced it completed the system wide roll out of a non-trans fat alternative fry shortening in all 1,545 restaurants. Denny's...

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