ALBANY N.Y. Albany County in New York has joined the growing list of jurisdictions requiring chain restaurants to post calorie content for all menu items.County executive Michael G. Breslin signed Wednesday a law requiring that restaurant...
SAN FRANCISCO A San Francisco paper once described the city’s Best-O-Burger as a fast-food restaurant with a slow-food pedigree, much to the delight of proprietor Stephen Weber. “We applied the same amount of time to developing the concept as we...
CARPINTERIA Calif. The first Carl’s Jr. restaurant opened in China on Thursday, beginning a phase of international growth that parent company CKE Restaurants Inc. said could eventually lead to more than 1,000 locations there.The restaurant was...
LENEXA Kan. Owners of the Mi Ranchito restaurant here, which has been closed since Sunday when a mysterious illness hit at least 20 guests, said Wednesday they have corrected the problem believed by some health and water department officials to...
WASHINGTON Industry officials are assailing a recently published report recommending that local governments seeking to curb obesity should ban fast-food restaurants from operating near schools and in certain neighborhoods. Areport by the Institute...
LENEXA Kan. The Mi Ranchito restaurant here will remain closed until management and public health agencies can determine why approximately 20 patrons on Sunday suffered nausea, vomiting and dizziness – the second such incident in 19 days...
WASHINGTON The Employment Policies Institute, a nonprofit research organization based here and headed up by industry lobbyist Richard Berman, has launched a multimedia campaign assailing the massive national debt. The EPI expects...
