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SEATTLE Starbucks is reportedly planning to add an Italian-style sandwich called the Piadini to the menu of all its U.S. stores next week. News reports also indicated that the coffee chain has outfitted another 800 units with new ovens, raising...
ATLANTA Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream & Treatery have launched new mobile texting campaigns designed to reach younger consumers. Customers can text “slab” for Marble Slab and “moo” for MaggieMoo’s to 30364 and receive...
ST. LOUIS Hardee’s is featuring a Pork Chop ‘N’ Gravy Biscuit breakfast sandwich for a limited time in the burger chain’s latest nod to Southern food. The item consists of a breaded, boneless pork chop and sausage gravy on a biscuit, a...
OKLAHOMA CITY Sonic Corp. said late Tuesday that systemwide same-store sales were “slightly negative” for its fourth quarter ended August 31, as franchised restaurants posted gains but corporate or joint-venture locations recorded “significantly...
NEW YORK NexCen Brands Inc., the embattled franchisor of five quick-service chains and four retail or consumer products brands, reported Tuesday that revenues from its franchising business totaled $12.0 million for the second quarter ended June 30...
DALLAS Taco Bueno said it was adding flame grills to its stores and expanding its menu with grilled chicken and steak items. The 190-unit chain said it expected to complete the rollout by the end of the month. The new flame-grilled menu...
MIAMI Burger King Corp. is promoting its new Oreo Sundae Shake with an online poll that asks consumers to decide whether the product actually is a sundae or a shake. Visitors to www.sundaeorshake.com can vote and enter for...
NEW YORK While absorbing Merrill Lynch & Co. amid the sweeping crisis on Wall Street, Bank of America allegedly has declined to extend more credit to McDonald's franchisees seeking financing for such upgrades as new equipment for the chain's...
