News on QSR, Restaurant and Food Service Trends

Global foodservice traffic in the first quarter of 2012 reflected each geography’s mood and economy, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD’s foodservice market research finds that restaurant and foodservice visits increase...

McDonald's customers in Paris can now pay for a Royale with Cheese using their smartphones or tablets - a concept that could spread to the company's 33,500 locations worldwide if the fast-food leader likes the results.

McDonald's is touting its "under 400 calories"items, including the venerable Filet-O-Fish sandwich. Burger King has just added smoothies and salads to its menu. Wendy's is pitching a new mobile app that lets customers personalize meals based ...

Children are far more likely to pick a healthier fast-food meal when promotional toys are offered only with those menu options and not with less nutritional fare like burgers, fries and a pop, according to a Canadian study.

Pre-sliced apples distributed by Missa Bay LLC, owned by Ready Pac Foods Inc. of Swedesboro, N.J.to fast-food and grocery chains across the United States are among packaged products being recalled due to possible contamination with Listeria bacteria.

Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE) today announced its subsidiary, BEF Foods, Inc. has acquired from Kettle Creations, LLC, the Kettle Creations® brand and a 100,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art food manufacturing plant located in Lima, Ohio.

Facing an uptick in child obesity, Chile is cracking down on the happy meal. A new law in Chile aims to take some of the fun out of fast-food by forcing McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and other restaurants to stop including toys and other goodies with ch...

Por si pensábamos que quedaban cosas por inventar... y más en vending, donde se ha demostrado que la industria es más que innovadora, la preparación de platos in-situ se está extendiendo. Como plato principal o como acompañante, el puré de papas es a...

Because of an exclusive sponsorship deal with McDonald's, none of the other 800 food retailers on the grounds of 40 Olympic sites will be allowed to sell 'chips or french fries'during the fortnight of the Games.

otato processing company Aviko has launched a frozen sweet potato fry product for the foodservice trade based on research that suggests consumers perceive the product as a healthy and attractive option, especially for families.

Fast food company Burger King Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BKW) went public earlier last week, after going private in late 2010. Rather than going through the IPO route, the company was listed in the NYSE through a merger with an existing public stock, Justice...

Burger King Worldwide Holdings Inc. said on Friday it plans to open 1,000 of its namesake restaurants in China over the next five to seven years under a newly-formed joint venture.

The 21st annual Chip Week has been hailed a success! A review of the 2012 campaign, run by Potato Council, reveals the Week encouraged enough media interest to reach every adult in Great Britain more than 2.5 times, providing opportunities for increase...

Beginning today, fans of KFC's Facebook® Pages around the world can access exclusive content from the soon-to-be-released book, "Colonel Harland Sanders: The Autobiography of the Original Celebrity Chef."The original manuscript, written by th...

The National Restaurant Association has received The American Society of Association Executives' 2012 Gold Circle Award for its Kids LiveWell initiative, a program that provides nutritional information on children's menu items at participating restaura...

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced that Dave Hoffmann, 44, currently Senior Vice President for Restaurant Support in McDonald's Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region, has been elected President of McDonald's APMEA by the M...

It might seem to be just another annual shareholders meeting today at McDonald's, but this one will be closely watched as a precursor to the fast-food world's most important changing of the guards in years. This will be the last meeting presided ove...

There was a time when the segments in foodservice were clearly defined. No more...