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NEW YORK —As chain operators here grapple with the logistics of posting calorie counts of menu items by March 31, they also are confronting an unforeseen complication of the city’s new law—how best...

SAN DIEGO —This city’s downtown may be near the epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, but you wouldn’t know it by the number of restaurants jostling for position in and around the historic...

Borrowing a page from the playbooks of such popular dot-coms as My Space and Facebook, vertically oriented online social networks have come to the restaurant and foodservice industry.At least two Internet sites that have been launched lately seek...

ORLANDO FLA —For decades restaurant franchisors have offered an open door and a hearty handshake to small-business people with the desire, intelligence, work ethic and money to become franchisees. ...

WASHINGTON —In the midst of a recent White House reception to honor Black History Month, 14 McDonald’s franchisees got to rub elbows with several national dignitaries and historical figures...

Borrowing a page from the playbooks of such popular dot-coms as My Space and Facebook, vertically oriented online social networks have come to the restaurant and foodservice industry.At least two Internet sites that have been launched lately seek...

LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC has introduced a Toasted Wrap sandwich, which it said beat McDonald’s Snack Wrap in “touch” tests. KFC’s new product is a flour tortilla containing a crispy, all-white meat chicken strip, lettuce, pepper mayonnaise and a...