"Top 50 Fast Food Chains (by sales)"

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Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation 04/21/2004 11:43 PM
In light of McDonald's decision to team with Wayport, how many other chains are left? In an interview earlier today with Jeff Damir, a VP at Cometa Networks, he noted that there were many, many other quick-service restaurants (QSR) out there to talk to who might have an audience more interested in Wi-Fi hotspots. Sure enough, QSR Magazine has a list of the top 50 QSR chains by dollar volume as of 2002. Only two of these chains, Starbucks and McDonald's, have a comprehensive Wi-Fi plan. Panera and Schlotzsky's have Wi-Fi in some locations with plans for expansion. The total number of chain stores in the top 50 are 117,468, a staggering number, of which about 15 percent are committed to have Wi-Fi within a couple of years....

fast food fitness

fast food fitness 12/30/2004 02:29 PM
An unholy union of fitness and fast food: Bally Total Fitness teams up with Yum Brands to offer free four-month gym memberships to people who eat at Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, Long John Silver's or A&W restaurants.

Eat Fast Food, Get Free Gym Membership
(AP)

Eat Fast Food, Get Free Gym Membership
(AP) 12/29/2004 04:34 PM
AP - Want to work off those excess holiday pounds with a free fitness-club membership? Chow down on fast food first.

My new favorite fast food joint

My new favorite fast food joint 05/13/2004 02:22 AM

I caught this story about Burgerville in the NYTimes last month and was intrigued to hear that an Oregon fast food place was doing seasonal items and using local meat and produce, just like a high falutin' restuarant. I had seen Burgervilles often since I moved to Oregon and I've ignored them all this time because they appeared to be some local-yokel chain with a generic, boring name and exterior to match.

Today I finally checked them out and I was blown away. Now, I've read Fast Food Nation, and I know pretty much everyone in the industry is panned except for In-N-Out. I enjoy In-N-Out burger whenever I'm in California, but after trying Burgerville, I have to say that if Schlosser wrote about them, there's no doubt he would have praised them more than In-N-Out.

The following is a partial list of what they have going for them. Every couple of months, whatever's in season is an item on the menu, and they buy from local producers. My strawberry shake tonight was loaded with a ridiculous amount of chunked fresh strawberries. They offer not one but two different veggie burgers on the menu. They let you add local favorite Tillamook cheese to burgers, just like I have at home. The turkey burgers are made with only cage-free birds. All the beef is Oregon-raised and fed vegetarian diets so you'll never have a mad cow problem. The fish and chips use halibut caught in the Northwest. All buns come from an area bakery. They had nutrition info right on counter, clear as day. And while waiting for my food inside one of their locations today, I noticed in a rack of information on the company there was a pamphlet explaining some healthy environment certification that the chain received because they only buy from responsible farmers and ranchers. Crazy, no?

The food was great, better than what I expect from fast food, but the company philosophy and the way they conduct their business really blew me away. It's not everyday you find a place with a drive-thru selling greasy burgers that cares about anything aside from the quick buck. I think I may have found something better than In-N-Out and I'm glad to know it's in my new home state.

Additive Might Fight Fast-Food Fat

Additive Might Fight Fast-Food Fat 03/17/2005 04:05 AM

Offbeat Marketing: Eat Fast Food, Get
Gym (AP)

Offbeat Marketing: Eat Fast Food, Get
Gym (AP) 12/29/2004 06:12 PM
AP - Want to work off those excess holiday pounds with a free fitness-club membership? Chow down on fast food first.

---What fast food condiment are you?---
- Quizilla

---What fast food condiment are you?---
- Quizilla 05/28/2004 01:46 AM
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Home Is Where The WiFi Is (And In Some
Fast Food Restaurants)

Home Is Where The WiFi Is (And In Some
Fast Food Restaurants) 01/07/2004 06:35 PM
A new study shows that more and more homes are likely to get WiFi connections. This seems like one of the more obvious predictions around, but it's still interesting to look at the numbers. The study points out that there are currently about 100 million broadband connections to the home worldwide - and only 5 million home users have WiFi. However, with the technology getting cheaper every day, and the clear benefit of having a wireless network in the home, it's likely to grow pretty rapidly (and, of course, that 100 million number isn't static either). This leads to two thoughts: (1) we still need to make setting up a WiFi network easier. Early adopters will mess around with finicky access points, but most users won't. It really needs to be plug and play. (2) Once more homes get WiFi, expect the unexpected in how they're used. Just like businesses are discovering - once that wireless network is there, there's no reason not to use it for other purposes as well. More devices are going to come with WiFi, and if they can just hop on an existing network, people are going to come up with all sorts of creative uses. Meanwhile, McDonald's continues their "we'll test a different location every few months" rollout of WiFi, as they've agreed to WiFi up over 500 restaurants in the UK. It looks like they're just teaming up with BT to be a part of BT's Openzone WiFi offering. That doesn't seem like the best choice, since already there are (reasonable) complaints that Openzone's pricing is way too high for what people get. In early tests in the US McDonald's was using a very smart pricing plan (buy a meal, get an hour of free service). It's unclear why they're not going with a similar plan in the UK. By offering up service with a meal, the internet access becomes a promotion to get more people into the restaurant. By charging insanely high fees for it, it doesn't bring in too many extra people, and certainly won't bring in much money.

Hospitals Grapple With Serving Fast Food
(AP)

Hospitals Grapple With Serving Fast Food
(AP) 01/02/2005 01:41 PM
AP - Andrew Hudnall stared at his lunch and agonized about whether his doctor might be unhappy with him. The 57-year-old heart patient had just bought a chicken sandwich from McDonald's — in the food court of the Cleveland Clinic, renowned for its research into heart disease.

Cops: Man Rages at Fast Food Restaurant
(AP)

Cops: Man Rages at Fast Food Restaurant
(AP) 01/03/2005 05:52 PM
AP - A Burger King customer berated the employees and nearly hit one of them with his truck after the clerk at the drive-thru window told him they were out of french fries, police said.

Fast Food Linked to Obesity, Diabetes

Fast Food Linked to Obesity, Diabetes 01/03/2005 01:18 AM

"Sin" tax on nappies and fast food
supported (Reuters)

"Sin" tax on nappies and fast food
supported (Reuters) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
Reuters - More than half of workers want Chancellor Gordon Brown to impose "sin" taxes on disposable nappies and plastic bags, according to a survey.

New technology estimates fast-food
demand

New technology estimates fast-food
demand 09/08/2004 02:39 PM
Boston Globe Sep 8 2004 7:19PM GMT

The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux
Platform is Getting Fat

The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux
Platform is Getting Fat 06/11/2004 10:40 PM

KFC fast food to wing its way to Tibet
(Reuters)

KFC fast food to wing its way to Tibet
(Reuters) 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - Hot wings and spicy chicken legs could soon tempt palates in Tibet as KFC wings its way to the roof of the world and the only part of China it has yet to conquer.

"The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux
Platform is Getting Fat"

"The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux
Platform is Getting Fat" 06/12/2004 10:08 PM

Macdonald's Gives Fast Food a Facelift
(Reuters)

Macdonald's Gives Fast Food a Facelift
(Reuters) 02/10/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters - McDonald's fast food chain, renowned for cheap hamburgers and plastic decor, has given one of its London restaurants an upmarket makeover to lure in the ladies who lunch.

Ultra runner orders fast food on the fly
(Reuters)

Ultra runner orders fast food on the fly
(Reuters) 03/24/2005 08:52 AM
Reuters - Pondering life on his 30th birthday and finding something lacking, Dean Karnazes staggered home from a night out drinking with friends, put on his gardening shoes and went for a run. A 30-mile (48-km) run. All night.

Edwards Chooses Fast-Food Joint as
Romantic Date (Reuters)

Edwards Chooses Fast-Food Joint as
Romantic Date (Reuters) 07/15/2004 10:14 AM
Reuters - He's worth millions and could afford the fanciest restaurant in town, but Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. John Edwards and his wife celebrate each wedding anniversary at a fast-food joint.

Boston.com / News / Nation / Fast-food
manager says she saw Timothy McVeigh
with others, unsure if he's mystery
suspect

Boston.com / News / Nation / Fast-food
manager says she saw Timothy McVeigh
with others, unsure if he's mystery
suspect 05/09/2004 10:46 PM
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Online grocers finally click: Internet
food sales see revival

Online grocers finally click: Internet
food sales see revival 05/22/2004 05:28 AM
Seattle Times May 22 2004 9:13AM GMT

Web sales climbing fast at Four Wheel
Drive Hardware

Web sales climbing fast at Four Wheel
Drive Hardware 04/17/2005 02:37 PM
InternetRetailer.com Apr 17 2005 5:05PM GMT

Cube Management Sales Consultants:
Increase Sales Online With Sales
Consulting and Sales Acceleration

Cube Management Sales Consultants:
Increase Sales Online With Sales
Consulting and Sales Acceleration 12/19/2004 03:14 PM
A long-term, ongoing Search Engine Optimization Campaign is a critical step in your efforts to bulk up your company’s online lead generation program. [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]

Reporters in chains

Reporters in chains 06/15/2004 08:39 AM
Under Homeland Security orders, journalists from England, Sweden, Holland and other friendly countries are being detained at U.S. airports, strip-searched and deported.

Which Hotel Chains Have Wi-Fi?

Which Hotel Chains Have Wi-Fi? 04/08/2005 12:16 PM
Travel columnist provides overview and links: A Washington Post travel columnist answers a reader's question about using free Wi-Fi at hotels with a long list with links and phone numbers of the chains that have extensive free installations of Wi-Fi. Also noted is SBC's statistic that 25 percent of travelers plan to use "wireless electronics" (one assumes Wi-Fi) while on the road....

daisy chains and laughs

daisy chains and laughs 07/21/2004 04:17 PM
Visit WWdN for a brief scene from my so-called domestic life.

Neb. Tax Protester Chains Self to Table
(AP)

Neb. Tax Protester Chains Self to Table
(AP) 06/09/2004 07:10 PM
AP - A man chained himself to a table in a room where property tax valuations were being reviewed and told appraisers he would not leave until he got answers to his questions.

Supply chains and the Army

Supply chains and the Army 12/06/2003 12:01 PM
When it comes to managing supply chains, Knowledge@Wharton finds that there's a lot the military can teach business and vice versa.

Partner: Extended value chains are here
to stay

Partner: Extended value chains are here
to stay 06/24/2005 03:41 PM
Application Acceleration

WS-I Readies Web Services for Supply
Chains

WS-I Readies Web Services for Supply
Chains 12/10/2003 09:10 AM
The Web services interoperability group unfurls a practical business use scenario for running supply chain management systems with Web services.

Database Provides Information on 3,000
Restaurant Chains

Database Provides Information on 3,000
Restaurant Chains 06/21/2004 07:44 AM
Speaking of really specialized databases. If you're looking for information on restaurant chains you might want to try RestaurantChains.net ( http://www.restaurantchains.net ), a pay-for-use database of over 3,000 restaurant chains...

All that flesh and all those chains is a
recipe for disaster

All that flesh and all those chains is a
recipe for disaster 06/14/2004 04:15 PM
The World Naked Bike Ride unfortunately took place yesterday, but is probably something worth doing next year. I imagine it's a lot like Critical Mass, with less driver anger and more rider embarrassment. Soun ds like it was fun in Portland. (slightly NSFW photo on the front page of WNBR)

QSR Magazine | America's Hottest Chains

QSR Magazine | America's Hottest Chains 08/14/2004 05:01 PM
Top 50 fast food chains (by sales)

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Particle Chains Make Quantum Wires

Particle Chains Make Quantum Wires 08/02/2004 08:34 PM

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“Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England, the National University of Singapore and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a relatively simple way to transfer data between quantum bits, or qubits. The method is a step toward building quantum computers, which have the potential to solve certain types of very large problems many orders of magnitude faster than is possible using classical computers.”…

Intel adds bolts for Microsoft's chains

Intel adds bolts for Microsoft's chains 06/05/2005 11:10 PM
Intel apparently has added "Microsoft-flavored" DRM to its Pentium D and 945 chipset. Hannibal at ArsTechnica guesses: From what I can tell, DTCP is essentially a protocol that sits on top of TCP/IP and provides DRM by ensuring that both endpoints in an IP connection are trusted before transmitted protected content. I imagine that Intel's DTCP support is some kind of hardware-level means of enabling the strict enforcement of this endpoint authentication in software. As to what specific form this enablement takes, only further digging on our part and more revelations from Intel will tell. This would, apparently, prevent unwanted...

Free Wi-Fi: From burger chains to public
parks and dentists

Free Wi-Fi: From burger chains to public
parks and dentists 06/02/2004 04:46 PM
Free wireless access can be found in a growing number of places in the U.S. and Canada, with burger chain Krystal Co. planning to offer service in 52 restaurants by the end of this month.

Newspaper Chains Gain Major Stake in
Topix.net

Newspaper Chains Gain Major Stake in
Topix.net 03/23/2005 04:43 PM
Gannett, Knight Ridder and the Tribune Co. collectively take a 75 percent stake in the startup news-search service.

eBay’s Global Transformation: Fast, but
Not Fast Enough

eBay’s Global Transformation: Fast, but
Not Fast Enough 03/17/2005 03:02 AM
Byte Level Research publishes a global analysis of eBay’s business strategy and Web site. By 2006, more than half of eBay's revenues will come from outside the US. However, to maintain mementum, eBay must expand its pace of expansion and improve its Web globalization navigation. [PRWEB Mar 16, 2005]

Fast Internet turns a fast buck

Fast Internet turns a fast buck 12/23/2003 08:07 PM
Haaretz Dec 23 2003 7:26PM ET
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