BATTLE CREEK Mich. Kellogg Co. said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has verified that salmonella typhimurium was found in a package of Austin Quality Foods Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter, one of several products the Battle Creek...

PORT WASHINGTON N.Y. The number of total restaurant locations in 2008 contracted from the year earlier by 0.1 percent, driven by closures of independent restaurants and units within smaller chains, according to new data from The NPD Group, a...

ROCKVILLE Md. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging manufacturers, institutions and foodservice operators that use bulk peanut butter or peanut paste from Peanut Corp. of America to hold back products made from those substances because...

ATLANTA Multiconcept franchisor Raving Brands said Thursday it has shed two more of its concepts with the sale of Shane's Rib Shack and Planet Smoothie to private-equity firm Edmonds Capital LLC and the brands’ management teams. Both...

CARPINTERIA Calif. CKE Restaurants Inc. said Thursday it had capped off its nearly two-year Hardee’s refranchising program with the sale of 11 Hardee’s restaurants in Missouri. Since the company began efforts to sell corporate restaurants...

When it comes to inventory management, everyone knows FIFO means "first in, first out." But when it comes to food safety at Pizza Patrón, FIFO could also mean "fast in, fast out." For a several years, the 84-unit, Dallas-based chain's menu...

OGDEN Utah Taco Maker Inc., the franchisor of more than 185 quick-service restaurants, said it plans to open 25 more units this year in the United States and Puerto Rico. The largest Mexican quick-service brand in Puerto Rico, Taco Maker...