Posts Tagged ‘fast food’

New on the menu: Fried eggs and bacon between a split glazed doughnut

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Even as fast-food chains tout their healthy offerings, they’re also…

by The Associated Press - Monday, June 3, 2013
McDonald’s CEO explains secret to weight loss

NEW YORK, N.Y. – They might start calling it the McDiet.
McDonald Corp.’s CEO…

by The Associated Press - Thursday, May 30, 2013
NYC fast food workers protest to upsize their wages

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Hundreds of fast food workers and supporters protested outside New…

by The Associated Press - Thursday, April 4, 2013
McDonald’s sales fall 1.5 per cent in February

NEW YORK, N.Y. – McDonald’s new Fish McBites failed to hook enough diners to…

by The Associated Press - Friday, March 8, 2013
Taco Bell breaks its Cool Ranch Dorito taco promise, fans go ballistic

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Some Taco Bell fans are angry after they couldn’t get…

by The Associated Press - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
McDonald’s ekes out higher profit on value focus

But the fast food chain warns of January sales drop

by Candice Choi - Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The loneliness of a fast-food franchise

Despite big investments to spruce up stores and expand menus, once-thriving restaurant chains are suddenly struggling to get ahead

by Tamsin McMahon - Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Burger, please, and a glass of Beaujolais

How to survive the restaurant meal’s health horrors: slow down

by Kate Lunau - Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Why it’s time to stick a fork in fast food

Could a junk food tax fight back the bulge?

by Emma Teitel - Thursday, November 8, 2012
McDonalds aims to grind down coffee competition with entry into home brew market

TORONTO – When McDonalds first charged into the Canadian coffee market with a new focus on the morning staple four years ago, it faced a country notorious for its loyalty to double-doubles and Timbits — but an influx of new options are giving coffee aficionados plenty of other ways to get their caffeine fix.

by David Friend, The Canadian Press - Monday, October 29, 2012
Wendy’s pigtails get a tweak for first time since 1983

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Wendy’s pigtails are getting a tweak.

For the first time since 1983, the Dublin, Ohio-based fast food company is updating its logo in a move intended to signal its ongoing transformation into a higher-end hamburger chain.

by The Associated Press - Thursday, October 11, 2012
McDonald’s plans to open vegetarian-only restaurants in India

NEW YORK, N.Y. – McDonald’s Corp., the fast food chain that brought the hamburger…

by Candice Choi, The Associated Press - Tuesday, September 4, 2012
McDonald’s to go vegetarian in India

McDonald’s Corp., the fast food chain that brought the beef hamburger to the world,…

by The Associated Press - Tuesday, September 4, 2012
McDonald’s seeks ‘nocturnivores’ for midnight breakfast

Marketing to the late-night crowd, many of them inebriated males, is a delicate task for the family-oriented brand

by Angelina Chapin - Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Menu Confidential: New book dishes on Canada’s most popular foods

You”ll be both pleasantly surprised and heart-broken over the nutritional breakdowns of some of your favourite fast foods

by Jessica Allen - Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Burger King tries to conquer women’s hearts

The fast-food chain rolled out a new menu featuring salads, chicken wraps and fruit smoothies

by Gustavo Vieira - Thursday, April 19, 2012
Studies say: don’t worry, be happy—when expecting

Our semi-regular roundup of findings from the world of academia

by Gustavo Vieira - Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Compliments to the fry cook

There’s a movement underway to convince customers their fast food is being cooked by someone other than teenage staff

by Chris Sorensen - Thursday, December 1, 2011
Pitchmen with pitchforks

Fast food restaurants are getting the farmers that grow their food to sell it too

by Jessica Allen - Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Where’s the beef?

A law firm puts Taco Bell’s “meat mixture” through lab tests—and then launches a lawsuit

by Jason Kirby - Friday, February 4, 2011