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The company acquired the meat brands Jordan’s, Deutschmacher, Kirschner, Essem, Tasty Bite, and Willams of Vermont.

The presidential hopeful was received well by the pro-McCain crowd, blaming high food prices on unfair farm subsidies.

The new bill spells out exactly what numerical truncation is required when printing credit and debit receipts.

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The bill, “The Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008,” was introduced by U.S. Reps. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) and Adam Putnam (R-Fla.).

Encrypted
data passes through retailer networks and servers in a form that cannot
be compromised even in the event of a data breach.

The Department of Justice investigation into the proposed merger of the two media services has been closed.

Appraisals often are associated with annoyance—the mere thought of paying good money for someone to come into your restaurant and snoop around everything from the kitchen to your bookkeeping makes many operators cringe. But these valuations are a necessary part of doing business, particularly in the fast-food arena, where changes like the expiration of leases […]

On March 31, Cicely D. Simpson will join the company in the newly created position of director of federal and state government affairs.

Three more Dairy Queen franchisee associations joined the Michigan Dairy Queen Operators’ Association in its lawsuit against International Dairy Queen and American Dairy Queen.

Ken Rollin has joined the company’s Leadership Council as vice president and general counsel, following a five-month extensive search to replace the company’s previous general counsel.

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Before a final judgment is rendered, the court has requested that the parties file post-trial motions by August 9th.

You’ve heard trans fat is bad, but there are actually two kinds. What does that mean for restaurants?

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a doctor who accused KFC of not telling customers that it used trans fats to fry its chicken.

In addition to a potential sale, the suit accuses Raving Brands of racketeering, failure to properly distribute moneys to charities, and undisclosed kickbacks.

Boskovich Farms filed a libel lawsuit against Taco Bell with the Orange County Superior Court on March 14.

Seattle law firm represents more than 2,000 families affected by peanut butter contamination.

Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe today
announced that it has filed a federal lawsuit in United States District Court,
Southern District of Ohio-Eastern Division against Cereals, LLC, doing
business as “Cerealicious.”

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., which is grappling with declining sales, accounting problems and numerous government probes, said Thursday it has been served with a lawsuit filed by a franchisee in Southern California, the Associated Press reports.

Chick-fil-A, Inc. today has filed lawsuit in federal court in Atlanta charging Burger King Corporation with trademark dilution, copyright