ROCKVILLE Md. Full-time workers in food preparation and serving-related jobs are more likely to smoke cigarettes than those in any other occupation, a new study says.The study, conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...

Pledging “this is not your grandmother’s instant coffee,” Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it would roll out its VIA Ready Brew product nationally with a taste-test challenge for consumers in stores across the United States and Canada. Starbucks...

From mom-and-pop shops and venerable independents to new outposts of proven chains, in the last year restaurants have been dropping like flies.But while it might seem that closure after closure is an indication that the entire industry is about to...

As public scrutiny increases over the restaurant industry’s role in America’s growing weight problem, operators are responding by offering a barrage of items boasting fewer calories and lower fat content. In the past year, Dunkin’...

SEATTLE —Just weeks after three barnacle-encrusted billboards were pulled from the bottom of Puget Sound, restaurant operator Ivar’s Inc. is honoring the promotions spelled out on those possibly decades-old advertisements. The...

McDonald’s chief executive Jim Skinner’s 2008 compensation package of $13.6 million—including a base salary of $1.3 million and $4.6 million in bonuses—was reportedly up 73 percent compared with the prior year. But the quick-service executive was...