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Fast Food Far Saltier in the US

Matt Cantor — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:54:05 CDT

If you're craving some Chicken McNuggets, you're better off getting them in Europe than on this side of the pond. With 1.6 grams of salt per 100 grams of nugget, the American version is packed with more than twice the salt of British McNuggets, which contain 0.6 grams...

Get Engaged at Pizza Hut ... for $10K

Kevin Spak — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:40:05 CST

If you're more interested in being memorable than romantic, and happen to have a significant other that you'd like to spend the rest of your life with, you may want to propose to her ... at Pizza Hut. Because for a mere $10,010, the Hut promises to show you and...

McDonald's Key to Success Abroad: It Delivers

Rob Quinn — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:53:05 CST

McDonald's and KFC are surging ahead in emerging markets like China and India with a service available to few American customers: home delivery. In crowded cities across Asia and the Middle East where pricey real estate makes drive-through restaurants a rare sight, fleets of motorbikes make their way through traffic...

Tough Times Push Chains to Try New Fare

Matt Cantor — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:00:00 CDT

Desperate times are driving chain restaurants to desperate measures—straying from their bread-and-butter dishes and diversifying the menu. KFC now sells grilled chicken, Domino’s offers subs, and McDonald’s dips into the world of espresso coffee, USA Today reports. “This is a defining moment for the industry," says a National Restaurant...

US Benefits From China Stimulus

Clay Dillow — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:29:55 CDT

While Americans await the fruits of their $787 billion bailout, China is moving ahead with public-works projects at a staggering pace, pumping up its own economy as well as America’s, the Wall Street Journal reports. US industrial-equipment makers, struggling with effectively zero domestic growth, are back near record levels in...

China Loses Taste for Fast Food

Ambreen Ali — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:25:36 CST

The dollar menu thrives when times are tough in the US, but in China—where Western fast food is no bargain—the American chains are facing tough competition. Price is the main sticking point, but not the only one. "It's fast food," one diner in Shanghai told the LA Times;...

China Knockoff Craze Gains Steam, Courage

Kristina Loew — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:27:40 CST

An internet variety showed parodying the annual lunar new year gala on Chinese central TV is just the most publicized knockoff generated by the country’s rebellious shanzhai culture, the Wall Street Journal reports. Once mainly the province of counterfeit name brands (think HiPhone), the web now is awash with puckish...

50 Cent Sues Taco Bell for Big Change

Peter Fearon — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:27:00 CDT

Rapper 50 Cent is suing Taco Bell for $4 million over a guerrilla ad campaign, reports E! Online. The fast food giant wrote Fiddy, suggesting he change his name to 79, 89, or 99 Cent for a price promotion. By releasing the letter to the media, he claims Taco Bell...

Micky D Gives Migrants a Raise

Heather McPherson — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:50:56 CDT

The cent-a-pound increase McDonald's agreed to grant their tomato-picking field hands yesterday may sound like, well, pennies, but it represents a more than 70% raise, the Chicago Tribune reports. And the deal was hailed as paving the way for negotiations between migrant workers and other corporate Goliaths across the country.