All Subway articles – Page 22
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US restaurants see sales growth slow
US restaurant chains saw annual sales growth slow to 3.4% in 2008 - due to a decline in consumer spending and increased cost pressures, according to new research. The latest annual data on the top 500 US restaurant chains from Technomic showed that many companies had scaled back their expansion, ...
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Six pub groups make FSA pledge
Six of Britain’s leading pub restaurant chains, which together serve more than one million meals a day, have agreed to reduce salt and saturated fats.JD Wetherspoon, Greene King, Marston’s Inns & Taverns, Mitchells & Butlers, the Spirit Group and Whitbread have all committed to work with the Food Standards Agency ...
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Industry needs to tackle litter problem
The quick service restaurant (QSR) industry needs to take more responsibility for the food and packaging it sells, according to anti-litter campaigners.The comments came as McDonald’s waste was found to account for nearly a third of fast food litter on Britain’s streets.Phil Barton, chief executive of Keep Britain Tidy, called ...
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Weekend Press
Whoppers of an election party at US Embassy
Burger King Whoppers and Veggie Bean Burgers were served up on silver salvers to celebrity guests at an election night party at the American Embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square. American chain Subway provided sandwiches, all washed down with Budweiser beer.The Sunday Times 09/11/08 (Business) page 3.
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Starbucks UK acquires “drive-to” site
Starbucks Coffee Company UK has fortified its roadside presence, acquiring a Little Chef site to convert to its third “drive-to” outlet.The acquisition of the property, which is in Chiswell Green, St Albans, comes a day after the group unveiled its first drive-through outlet in the UK, in Cardiff.The group, led ...
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McDonald’s rated bottom by UK consumers
McDonald’s has the worst standing with UK consumers of all high street food and drink operators, according to the latest Populus poll for The Times. The burger chain was rated bottom in the overall impression poll just below Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), as consumers said they preferred ...
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Weekend Press
Wosskow bounces back at OTRG
Former Little Chef owner Lawrence Wosskow, who sold the Out of Town Restaurant Group for £25m five years ago, has bought it back from administration for a sum believed to be less than £5m.As well as the brands he created like Potato Bakehouse and Bitz & Pizza, Wosskow is also ...
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Greggs the UK's biggest takeaway chain
Greggs dwarfs its rivals on the high street, both in the takeaway and fast food sectors, according to M&C Report’s sister publication British Baker’s inaugural league table, the Top 50 Bakery Retailers 2007.The magazine’s research shows that Greggs has more than five times as many shops as its nearest bakery ...