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  • Wolfgang's Steakhouse Expansion  Friday, 24 May 2013 | 5:15 PM ET

    Procter & Gamble has appointed A.G. Lafley as its CEO, with the "Fast Money" traders; and Wolfgang's just opened a location in Miami and is looking to build in emerging markets, with Peter Zweiner of Wolfgang's.

  • McDonald's CEO Gets McGrilled by a 9-Year-Old Friday, 24 May 2013 | 10:49 AM ET
    Don Thompson, president and CEO of McDonald's.

    McDonald's needs kids more than today's kids need McDonald's. Perhaps no one knows that better than CEO Don Thompson, who was grilled by a 9-year-old at the annual meeting.

  • UPDATE 1-EU slips up with olive oil ban, reverses course Thursday, 23 May 2013 | 12:01 PM ET

    BRUSSELS, May 23- The European Commission has torn up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them, following widespread ridicule and accusations of unwanted interference.

  • EU slips up with olive oil ban, changes plans Thursday, 23 May 2013 | 7:11 AM ET

    *Move follows accusations of interference by Brussels. BRUSSELS, May 23- The European Commission has decided to tear up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them, following widespread ridicule and accusations of unwanted interference.

  • A Low-Wage US Contractor Just Cooked Your Burger Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 4:47 PM ET
    People hold signs during a protest for better wages for fast food workers.

    Workers demanding a minimum wage increase have staged walkouts across the country, saying they can't survive on the money they make. Can they get anything done?

  • Hungry for a Merger: GrubHub, Seamless to Combine Monday, 20 May 2013 | 2:39 PM ET

    Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub will combine and create a company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 U.S. cities.

  • Waffle Taco, Bacon Sundae: Restaurants Aim to Wow Saturday, 18 May 2013 | 1:50 PM ET

    Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are cranking up the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm.

  • EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil Saturday, 18 May 2013 | 11:03 AM ET

    BRUSSELS, May 18- Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil. "If the European Union was logical and properly run, people wouldn't be so anti- Europe.

  • Buzzkill? Restaurants Fear Tough Drunk-Driving Law Saturday, 18 May 2013 | 12:34 AM ET

    Restaurant owners are worried that a tough new drunk driving law, which would make it illegal to drive with at blood-alcohol content level above 0.05, may hurt their business.

  • Yum or Yuck? Cutting-Edge Restaurant Menu Items Friday, 17 May 2013 | 5:04 PM ET

    Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are upping the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm.

  • May 16- The New York attorney general's office on Thursday said it was investigating allegations that fast-food operators in the state are underpaying workers in violation of labor laws. The announcement came on the heels of a survey of 500 New York City fast-food employees at chains such as McDonald's Corp, Burger King and Domino's Pizza.

  • Movers roundup: Jack in the Box, Oncothyreon Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 2:16 PM ET

    Among the stock activity stories for Thursday, May 16, from AP Business News:. _ Shares of Jack in the Box Inc. fell after the fast-food operator reported disappointing fiscal second-quarter revenue and was downgraded by at least one analyst.

  • Jack in the Box shares fall on weak 2Q revenue Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 12:28 PM ET

    Shares of Jack in the Box Inc. fell Thursday after the fast-food operator reported disappointing fiscal second-quarter revenue and was downgraded by at least one analyst. Jack in the Box also said it expects earnings from continuing operations of $1.55 and $1.65 per share for the full year. It also franchises Qdoba Mexican Grill sites across North America.

  • Watch Out, McD's! Burger King Plans McRib Rival Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 8:56 AM ET
    Burger King's new rib sandwich will compete with McDonald's McRib.

    Burger King will unveil its 2013 summer menu plans, highlighted by a new, limited-time BK Rib Sandwich, which is boneless like McDonald's McRib.

  • Tim Hortons to buy up to 1.27M shares Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 11:53 AM ET

    Tim Hortons Inc. said Tuesday that it will buy back up to 1.27 million of its shares as part of a private agreement with an unnamed third party. The restaurant chain, based in Canada, sells coffee, sandwiches and doughnuts at its chain of roughly 4,288 sites in North America.

  • McDonald's to Add Three Quarter Pounders Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 10:56 AM ET

    McDonald's is adding three new Quarter Pounders to its menu as the fast-food chain looks to offer cheaper premium burgers while capitalizing on one of its most popular brands.

  • Taco Bell's Latest Creation: The Waffle Taco Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 10:07 AM ET

    Yum Brands' Taco Bell is quietly testing a waffle taco at three Southern California locations, as it looks to expand its breakfast offerings.

  • UPDATE 1-Yum China sales fall 29 percent in April Friday, 10 May 2013 | 4:48 PM ET

    May 10- KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported on Friday an estimated 29 percent drop in April sales at established restaurants in China, where a bird flu outbreak is pummeling sales that were recovering from an earlier food safety scare.

  • The protests in the Motor City- which is struggling to recover from the hollowing out of its auto manufacturing sector- marked an expansion in organized actions by fast-food workers from ubiquitous chains owned by McDonald's Corp, Burger King Worldwide and KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands Inc..

  • OpenTable CEO: Huge Growth Opportunity Ahead  Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 6:25 PM ET

    OpenTable CEO Matt Roberts explains how his company is building its network, and how the insights of his business provides restaurants with better customer service.