Pacific Andes also targeted the U.S. market, offering fast-food chains and wholesalers credit terms.
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With the American economy still sluggish, many fast-food chains have focused recent expansion overseas.
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The company says it is in talks with potential sponsors like car companies and fast-food chains.
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They even have moved beyond energy to own stuff ranging from fast-food chains to dog-food factories.
Hundreds of service companies from fancy hotels to fast-food chains have proven that they are not.
The new menu additions highlight a new emphasis from fast-food chains on healthy choices and high-quality ingredients.
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At first he worked as a middleman, arranging production for the small, inexpensive promotional items given away by fast-food chains.
Unlike all other big fast-food chains, McDonald's owns or controls under a long-term lease the vast majority of its stores and land.
Japan's Mos Burger, local Western-style fast-food chains, Japanese fast-food chains, and Yum!
Both fast-food chains have announced some underwhelming financial data in recent days.
Fast-food chains have stumbled as more and more consumers reject unhealthy meals.
Some fast-food chains have long sold bite-sized food like KFC's Popcorn Chicken, White Castle's Chicken Rings (think onion ring-shaped chicken), or Sonic's potato Tots.
In its own way, Indiana is following New York City and those fast-food chains that are attempting to phase out trans fat from cooking oils.
The formerly industrial area is more-sparsely developed than the rest of London, with public housing and overcrowded homes alternating with fast-food chains and corner stores.
In QSR Magazine's annual Drive-Thru Study, the only comprehensive industry comparison of customer service at fast-food chains, other restaurants have consistently outperformed McDonald's in those areas.
One study, published this year, found that customers ordered foods containing an average of 52 fewer calories when the information was prominently displayed in fast-food chains in New York.
Mr. Cardello, a former food-and-beverage industry executive, said he was surprised to find that fast-food chains sold a slightly higher percentage of lower-calorie food servings than sit-down restaurants did.
This has scared off customers, who have been defecting to fast-food chains such as Dunkin' Donuts or Panera Bread, which sell reasonable coffee for as little as a quarter of the price of a fancy Starbucks brew.
The makeovers by the hamburger giants come at a time when the traditional fast-food chains are seeing more competition from smaller players such as Five Guys Burgers and Smashburger that offer higher-quality food and alternatives such as Subway.
One reason is that they and other tourists bring in their wake tawdry souvenir shops and fast-food restaurant chains.
Further afield in Seattle where chains are also now required to display calories (the practice also spread to California), a study of 37 sit-down and quick service burger, pizza, sandwich, and Tex-Mex chains in the area found fast-food entrees contained about 19 less calories only 18 months after the regulation was implemented.
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Although LFTB has been used for decades by schools, leading fast-food outlets and major supermarket chains, suddenly it has become the object of ridicule and vilification, and users have abandoned it in droves.
After a growth spurt last year, there are more than 66, 000 units of U.S.-based fast-food restaurants abroad just among the 10 largest chains, data from trade publication QSR magazine shows.
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One area where Couche-Tard's chains are trying to leap over 7-Eleven is in welcoming fast-food operators with seating to suit.
Burger chains still account for 40% of all fast-food consumed, but diners' tastes are changing.
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