All McDonald’s articles – Page 49
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News
Westfield Stratford operators unveiled
The majority of the food & beverage operators set to open at the new Westfield Stratford City development have been confirmed, with openings lined up for Franco Manca, Jamie’s Italian, YO! Sushi, Tortilla and Wagamama, amongst others.The shopping centre, which will open in 13 September, will feature in its Balcony ...
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Opinion
US eating-out sector continues to amaze
Inside Track by Paul CharityA few things struck me about the American eating-out industry when I ventured across to the National Restaurant Association’s annual Chicago jamboree a fortnight ago. First of all, there’s the sheer scale of it. There’s 40 companies with system sales in excess of a billion dollars ...
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News
Starbucks goes contactless
Starbucks has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, to pilot contactless payment in a number of its coffee shops. Customers in selected stores will be able to pay for their coffees by simply holding their contactless credit or debit card over a payment terminal. Following last ...
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News
Operators tap into contactless payment system
Eat, Pret a Manger, McDonald’s and Subway are amongst the businesses to have signed up to the first service in the UK that allows users to pay for purchases with their mobile phones.Customers purchasing items under £15 can now pay with one “Quick Tap” of their mobile phones through the ...
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News
Starbucks profits up; warns on commodity costs
Starbucks, the global coffee giant, has reported a 20% rise in second quarter profits to $261.6m, and said that in the UK it recorded its seventh consecutive quarter of like-for-like sales growth.However, the company, which saw revenue increase by 10% to $2.8bn during the three months to 3rd April, said ...
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News
Responsibility Deal backed by leading operators
Over 170 companies and organisations have signed up to the Government’s “Responsibility Deal”, including leading operators from the pub and restaurant sectors.The voluntary responsibility deal aims to promote calorie labelling on menus, provide alcohol unit information on drinks, and reduce salt and remove trans fats from food items.Pub and restaurant ...
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News
US chains’ international sites report growth
US restaurant chains saw international-sales growth and expansion outperform their domestic business in 2010, according to new research.The latest annual data from Technomic found that the international-sales growth of the 500 largest chains in the US increased by 3.1% in 2010, compared with 1.8% domestically.Unit expansion overseas by the 500 ...
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News
US restaurants see return to sales growth
US restaurant chains saw an annual sales growth rise of 1.8% in 2010, after reporting a fall of 0.8% in the previous 12 months, according to new research.The latest annual data from Technomic found that systemwide sales at the 500 largest chains in the US rose 1.8% to $234bn in ...
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Weekend Press
Calorie counts to appear on menus
Some food outlets have agreed to put calories counts on menus and food manufacturers will promise to reduce salt and artificial fats under a deal with Government unveiled today (19 February). Under the deal agreed with the Good Network, the industry body responsible for encouraging healthy eating, calories content will ...