CARPINTERIA Calif. CKE Restaurants Inc.'s Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurants will switch to a trans-fat-free cooking oil by next January, officials announced Wednesday. The company is switching to a 100-percent canola oil alternative that...

DUBLIN Ohio Wendy's is looking for the "next great hamburger" and is asking customers to help the chain find it. Wendy's has launched a 25-city taste tour in North America and debuted a special website, www.ThisIsMyBurger...

NEW YORK Aramark said it signed a 30-year deal to provide foodservices for the New York Mets' new stadium, which is scheduled to open in April 2009. Aramark, which has managed the foodservices of the Mets' Shea Stadium since 1995, said it...

GAITHESBERG Md. Sodexho has promoted Husein Kitabwalla to senior vice president of the contract feeder's Retail Brand Group, with responsibility for more than 500 locations of the division's proprietary fast-casual brands. The company also...

MIAMI Sean "Diddy" Combs makes his first appearance as Burger King's "Late Night Ambassador" in a new TV spot promoting the chain's extension of dining hours to midnight or later. The spot, titled "CEO to CEO," takes place after midnight...

DENVER Quiznos, the 5,000-unit sandwich chain based here, is adding a Baja Chicken sub as a limited-time promotional item. The new sandwich, available through Aug. 12, features two Tex-Mex sauces, Smokey Baja and a mild chipotle mayo...

DALLAS Pizza Hut has extended online-ordering capabilities to nearly all of its 6,200 restaurants in the United States, the company said. The company said it recently redesigned its Website, www.pizzahut.com...

TAMPA Fla. Despite shareholder criticism and a delay of the vote for almost a month, Outback Steakhouse parent OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. won stockholders' approval today of a $3.2-billion buyout of the casual-dining giant by an investment...