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July 18, 2011
DQ Goes Double-Decker In Saudi Arabia
In a region where the average daily temperature measures three digits, Dairy Queen has opened its largest store, a 7,500-sq.-ft. unit seating 240 customers. The DQ Chill & Grill in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is the chain’s first two-story restaurant. The Minneapolis company, which also operates stores in Bahrain, Oman and Qatar, will build five more…
July 18, 2011
McDonald’s: In Russia, It’s A Supermarket
Taxes and Big Macs weren’t adding up for McDonald’s Corp., leading the chain to persuade Russian authorities that its outlets are supermarkets rather than restaurants. The Oak Brook, Ill. company’s lawsuit blocked an attempt by Russian tax authorities to almost double its tax bill. The chain, which opened its first outlet in the then-Soviet Union in 1990…
July 18, 2011
Most Metals Prices Continue To Soften
Prices for most steels and aluminum softened moderately through June and early July and appear to be on a trend for further decreases in the months ahead. But prices for nickel and copper bottomed out in late spring and have been rising since that time. Responding to earlier declines in nickel prices, surcharges for 304…
July 18, 2011
NRA Joins Retail Group To Protect Small Businesses
The National Restaurant Association has joined forces with the National Retail Federation in backing legislation that would require federal agencies to consider the impact on small businesses when establishing rules and regulations. HR527, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011, would give the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy more oversight authority and amend the…
July 18, 2011
Last Chance to Register For FER’s Annual Forecast Meeting
You must register now for Foodservice Equipment Reports‘ E&S Market Forecast President’s Preview meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, July 27, at the Hotel Orrington, in Evanston, Ill. This annual meeting offers manufacturers, operators, dealers and others in the industry an early look at the foodservice equipment and supplies industry next year and beyond, in time for…
July 18, 2011
Ohio Bans Municipalities From Regulating Restaurants
The Ohio legislature has barred cities and towns in the state from regulating what restaurants serve or how they serve it. The state’s budget, signed into law June 30, includes a provision drafted and promoted by the Ohio Restaurant Association that gives the director of the Ohio Dept. of Agriculture the sole power to regulate…
July 18, 2011
Sonic Adds Beer And Wine To Florida Unit’s Menu
Sonic’s newest unit will be the first of the chain’s 3,500 restaurants to offer beer and wine on its menu, along with burgers, hot dogs and cherry limeades. The Homestead, Fla., City Council gave the chain approval to serve alcohol at the Sonic Beach Experience, a variation on the drive-in chain’s standard unit and the…
July 18, 2011
Albuquerque Amends Proposed Law Requiring Walk-In Sprinklers
The smoke has cleared in Albuquerque, N.M., and existing foodservice operators can breathe a little easier. They won’t have to add sprinkler systems to their restaurants, including their walk-in coolers and freezers. A proposed ordinance would have required all buildings under its purview to have completed retrofits as of next July, but the city council…
July 18, 2011
BK Launches 20/20 Units In Canada, Signs Master Franchisee For Brazil
There’s news from two of the 76 countries serving the Whopper. Burger King Restaurants of Canada has opened three new restaurants built in the company’s 20/20 global restaurant design. The locations, all LEED-certified and all located at service plazas, are the latest in a major expansion plan across Canada. During the next three to five…
July 18, 2011
DMA Rebrands Itself As ANFP
These are busy times at the Dietary Managers Association. Members of the St. Charles, Ill.-based organization for nutrition and foodservice professionals have approved a name change, effective Jan. 1, 2012. The new moniker, Association of Nutrition and Foodservice Professionals, is the outgrowth of an 18-month strategic rebranding effort to more accurately reflect members’ professional responsibilities….
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