McDonald's

A pleasant surprise for McDonald's: Better-than-expected sales

2012-12-10 08:21:00

Wall Street has dished up a heavy serving of doom and gloom for McDonald's Corp. in recent months as the world's largest restaurant company missed analyst expectations, suffered profit slumps and shuffled its roster of executives But the fast-food giant...

Euro crisis, China softening take a bite out of McDonald's

2012-06-08 12:10:00

Even McDonald's Corp, the world's largest restaurant chain, isn’t immune to European instability and the slowing Chinese economy. Citing the "increasingly challenging global economic environment,” the burger behemoth said its same-store sales...

PASSINGS: Bill Mulligan, Al Bernardin

2010-01-13 00:00:00

Bill Mulligan He coached UCI basketball for 11 seasons Bill Mulligan, 79, longtime college basketball coach in Orange County including 11 seasons at UC Irvine, died Tuesday in San Clemente of complications from pneumonia, the school announced. Mulligan...

Disney to remove McDonald's spots from California theme park

2008-08-07 11:22:00

Walt Disney Co. is eliminating McDonald's Corp. fast-food restaurants at its Disneyland resort. Three McDonald's locations at the Anaheim park will close Sept. 2 as part of planned refurbishments, Disneyland spokeswoman Lisa Haines said today. Disney,...

Edwin Traisman, 91; helped develop Cheez Whiz

2007-06-09 00:00:00

Edwin Traisman, a food researcher who helped create Cheez Whiz and, as an early McDonald's franchise owner in Wisconsin, co-developed the freezing process used to make McDonald's French fries, has died. He was 91. Traisman, a resident of Monona, Wis.,...

Will Starbucks ads fill a tall order?

2007-11-17 00:00:00

The world's dominant coffee retailer launched a national television advertising campaign Friday called "Pass the Cheer." Some Starbucks watchers said it would have been better to go with "Lower the Prices." The Seattle-based company began the...

KFC to tell diners of chemical in potatoes

2007-04-25 00:00:00

To resolve a suit by the state attorney general, the maker of Kentucky Fried Chicken agreed Tuesday to tell its California customers that its fried or baked potatoes contain a suspected carcinogen. The attorney general's office had sued about a dozen...

Burger King launches beef-scented body spray

2008-12-18 21:28:00

Looking to beef up your mojo this holiday season? Burger King Corp. may have just the thing. The home of the Whopper has launched a new men's body spray called "Flame." The company describes the spray as "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-...

Lawyers Put Their Weight Behind Obesity Cases

2003-07-02 00:00:00

Last week, behind closed doors, veteran attorneys of the tobacco wars taught a class on how to attack what they say is the nation's latest health affliction: fast food. The session at Northeastern University was as secretive as McDonald's has been...

BRIEF: Dunkin' Brands Chairman Jon Luther to retire

2013-05-10 12:04:02

Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., the Canton-based parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, said today that Jon Luther is retiring as director and chairman of the board effective May 15. Luther, 69, will be succeeded by company CEO Nigel Travis,...

McDonald's sales fall in April

2013-05-08 06:06:00

McDonald's Corp. reported a steeper-than-expected drop in April comparable sales, citing tough economic conditions around the world. Sales at restaurants open a least a year declined 0.6 percent from April 2012, the Oak Brook-based hamburger giant said...

The day ahead in business May 8

2013-05-08 03:30:00

Reports: MBA mortgage index for week ended May 4, 6:30 a.m.; Crude inventories for week ended May 4, 9:30 a.m. Local earnings: CF Industries Holdings Inc., Groupon Inc., Manitex International Inc., Middleby Corp., MYR Group Inc., Nanosphere Inc.,...

An excavator moves debris Wednesday at the site of Petoskey's McDonald's restaurant on U.S. 31 North, where the main restaurant building had been demolished earlier in the day. McDonald's Corp.

2012-09-06 06:23:00

The nostalgia factor is off the charts at this golden-arches time capsule. The museum is a re-creation of the first restaurant opened by McDonald's Corp. founder Ray Kroc in Des Plaines on April 15, 1955. The original building, demolished in 1984, was rebuilt to original blueprint specifications.

2012-07-25 00:00:00

Monica Boyles, vice president and general manager of the Greater Chicago Region for McDonald's Corp., has ben sworn in to the board of the Women's Foodservice Forum. Boyles joins previously seated directors in overseeing the organization's affairs and providing strategic counsel and guidance.

2012-05-03 00:00:00