The first restaurant that bore Glen Bell’s name had nothing to do with tacos. Not at first, anyway. Bell’s Hamburgers sold just that when he opened it in 1948 in San Bernardino, Calif., a few miles away from a popular drive-in...
LOUISVILLE KY. Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut systems anchor the world’s largest restaurant network, has vowed to post per-serving calorie counts on the menu boards of all its U.S. outlets and push for a sweeping federal disclosure rule affecting...
One standard for all. That’s the new battle cry as the restaurant industry faces a growing patchwork of city, county and state mandates requiring chain operators to post nutrition data on menus and menu boards.While many agree nutrition disclosure...
When asked why BJ’s Restaurants Inc. brought on Jerry Deitchle as president and chief executive in 2005, chain founder Paul Motenko doesn’t hesitate. “We thought our company needed discipline and structure,” Motenko says. “We...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. said Wednesday it will post per-serving calorie counts on the menu boards of all company-operated domestic units within its five quick-service chains by 2011. The company indicated that it would encourage...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Despite an operating profit drop of 12 percent in the United States, Yum! Brands Inc. posted a 4-percent increase in second quarter net income as “exceptional profit growth” abroad offset continued bottom-line pressures at U.S...
As their aggregate top-line and new-unit growth rates slowed, the nation’s 100 largest foodservice brands nonetheless punched through the $200 billion barrier in U.S. systemwide sales in their latest full fiscal years, only to confront worsening...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Roger Eaton has succeeded Gregg Dedrick as president of KFC USA, parent Yum! Brands Inc. announced early Tuesday. In a related change, Emil Brolick, formerly U.S. president of brand building for Yum, has assumed Eaton’s former...
MIAMI Burger King last month joined Yum! Brands Inc. and McDonald’s Corp. in agreeing to pay an extra penny per pound for tomatoes grown in Florida. —After a lengthy and often-heated dispute...
