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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s July Supply & Demand report further diminished fears of Midwest flood damage to this year’s corn crop. While corn yields have been lowered from 148.9 bushels per acre to 148.4, private analysts had anticipated...
SACRAMENTO Calif. California became the first state in the nation to ban trans fats from restaurant foods when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Friday that outlaws the artery clogger in a multi-year process. As of Jan. 1, 2010...
DEARBORN Mich. Two Muslim women reportedly are suing McDonald’s and a franchisee for discrimination after a unit here allegedly refused to hire them because they wore traditional Islamic headscarves. The franchisee, Finley Management Inc....
WASHINGTON Warning that wholesale food prices are on track to beat last year’s record as the sharpest increase in 27 years, the National Restaurant Association asked each member of Congress on Wednesday to address the underlying factor of soaring...
HUNTINGTON BEACH Calif. Blaming the economy and higher costs, BJ's Restaurants Inc. on Thursday reported a 12-percent drop in net profit for the second quarter ended July 1 to $2.9 million, or 11 cents a share, though revenues rose 16 percent to ...
DENVER Chipotle Mexican Grill is grilling the jalapenos it formerly used raw in its salsas and guacamole because of concerns about the ongoing salmonella outbreak, executives told investors this week. They also cautioned that public fears about...
ATLANTA Triarc Cos. Inc. has picked three Wendy’s insiders to assume key leadership roles after the close of the companies' merger, which is expected in the second half of 2008. New officers will be: J. David Karam, president; Stephen Farrar...
CALABASAS HILLS Calif. After reporting a 19-percent drop in second-quarter profit and warning of further declines in same-store sales for its two main brands, The Cheesecake Factory Inc. said Thursday that it would try to shake the downturn in...
DENVER New stores, increased customer traffic and higher menu prices helped propel a 22.5-percent surge in Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.'s second quarter profit, company officials said Wednesday. For the quarter ended June 30, Chipotle...
NEW YORK Rapper 50 Cent has followed through on a threat to sue Taco Bell over what he called a “sleazy and ill-conceived publicity stunt” in June. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court here, 50 Cent is alleging that Taco Bell used...
