Fast Food News

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FAST-FOOD chains including McDonald's, Burger King and KFC are to be sued by the state of California for not warning consumers about a potentially cancer-causing agent produced when potatoes are deep fried.4

State Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed suit against McDonald's, Burger King, Pepsi and six other major manufacturers of potato chips and french fries, calling for warnings that some of their food ...3.3

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California's attorney general wants to add something to French fries and potato chips, warning labels.2.7

Quizno's and Mountain Mike's Pizza are about to join the Louise Avenue fast food row in Lathrop.2.7

Malik Belkouche lives in a city brimming with fast-food restaurants, but it wasn't until a special one opened that he finally ordered a hamburger.2.7

FALMOUTH, Mass. A Bourne man charged with robbing a fast food restaurant at gunpoint earlier this month is ordered held on 100-thousand dollars bail.

Hurricane Katrina killed six, homes and flooded streets in South Florida. 1011@cutbody:Work crews remove a giant section of concrete from an overpass under construction Friday in Miami after Hurricane Katrina ...2.7

The country's current obsession with all things fresh - along with the national crusade against obesity - has boosted the less splashy sister of the fast-food industry: sandwiches.2.7

A Santa Clara County judge ordered all sides Friday in the case against a Las Vegas couple accused of planting a human finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili to return Sept.2.7

Pizza Hut is getting set to change its whole presentation in Wichita ... A dozen other Pizza Hut restaurants in Wichita, Derby and Haysville -- all corporately owned by Yum Brands -- will become Wing Street restaurants, offering a wide variety of chicken wings in addition to pizza, company spokeswoman Julie Hildebrand ...2.7

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The obesity epidemic has spread across the nation. Adults in the Lone Star state are the sixth most obese in the U.S. Experts blame physical inactivity and poor nutrition.3.1

KFC Holdings Bhd, the country's largest fast food restaurant operator, suffered its biggest quarterly loss in recent times, and its first since the fourth quarter of 1999.2.7

Investigators say the couple planted a finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili. San Jose, CA -- The husband and wife in the Wendy's chili finger case are due in court today in San Jose, California.3.2

Carl's Jr. sales slow Higher gasoline prices hurt same-store sales for the four-week period ending Aug.4

A group of Burger King franchisees claim McDonald's doesn't play fair. An organization representing the owners of nearly 7,000 Burger Kings in the U.S. hit McDonald's with a class-action lawsuit last week, ...2.7

The big Burger King sign across the street from a high school campus advertises this temptation: "2 Whoppers for $3." The scene is repeated throughout Chicago, where fast-food restaurants are clustered within ...6.9

Berlin Tpke. Newington, CT 06111 860-666-6200 By STEVE & LISA ALCAZARI Hartford Advocate Published: 7/10/03 It's cool inside Doogie's -- temperature cool.

Waking from a brief nap shortly before 1 a.m. Friday, Ryan Wright was hungry and knew what to do ... outlets - including 108 in Dallas-Fort Worth - are open 24 hours.2.7

A major Wendy's International Inc. investor has added to its position in the nation's third-largest fast-food hamburger chain, buying another 230,000 shares.5.5

Costa Mesa police arrested four out of five people suspected of an early-morning robbery in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant Saturday.2.7

If you go into adulthood, turn 20, morbidly obese, it's estimated that a male will lose 12 to 13 years of life, or has lost 12 to 13 years of life at that point.2.7

A Knox County health inspector spent two hours recently checking a fast food restaurant at the Strawberry Plains exit near I-40. About an hour and fifteen minutes is what it usually takes for an inspection.2.7

One of the city's most popular fast-food locations is about to undergo a major transformation.

One in four of our children is overweight. The explosion in obesity is so rapid that it is estimated that half of all young Australians will be overweight by 2025.2.1

Weeks before flying to Bohol for a four-day invitational coverage three months ago, this writer was having a dilemma: "Gosh, how could I appreciate all the sights to see in Bohol under the summer sun, using my ...2

You know the scenario. All too well. There you are, faithfully sticking to your new healthy-eating regime.2

Malaysia is stepping up a government campaign to get its 26 million people to eat right and ... Malaysians are becoming ``less physically active and living a comfortable life'' because of better ``socioeconomic conditions and changing of our lifestyle.'' Fast Food The size of Malaysia's economy in current prices has almost quadrupled since ...2.7

One Cincinnati-area man is getting 50 miles per gallon in his vehicle, and he doesn't drive a hybrid.4.6

With all the demands of a busy summer, it's often the case that there isn't enough time or even incentive to prepare a full dinner each evening.2.7

One-hour-plus lines have descended on Pollo Campero, the Guatemalan-based fried chicken chain that recently opened at the Brickyard Shopping Center in the Mont Clare neighborhood.2.7

Sioux Center Golden Crisp plant to expand by Darwin Danielson Operators of the Golden Crisp Premium Foods facility in Sioux Center announced a 13-and-a-half million-dollar expansion Tuesday.2.7

Research shows that eating a good breakfast is critical to a healthy lifestyle. According to a study in the "American Journal of Epidemiology," people who skip breakfast are 4.5 times more likely to be ...2.7