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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

"Top 50 Fast Food Chains (by sales)"

"Top 50 Fast Food Chains (by sales)" 08/16/2004 10:14 AM

Additive Might Fight Fast-Food Fat

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

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.

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

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.

"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

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.

Fast Food Linked to Obesity, Diabetes

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

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.

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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Fingerprint food (Reuters)

Fingerprint food (Reuters) 03/14/2005 06:13 PM
Reuters - Customers of a German supermarket chain will soon be able to pay for their shopping by placing their finger on a scanner at the check-out, saving up to 40 seconds spent scrabbling for coins or cards, bosses say.

Playing with Their Food (Reuters)

Playing with Their Food (Reuters) 05/25/2004 11:44 AM
Reuters - The sound of 40 kg (90 pounds) of finely tuned cucumbers, leeks, potatoes, radishes, peppers, aubergines and marrows entertained a German audience at a weekend concert by the Viennese Vegetable Orchestra.

Tomatoes fly in Spanish food fight
(Reuters)

Tomatoes fly in Spanish food fight
(Reuters) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
Reuters - Tonnes of flying tomatoes streaked the streets of Bunol red and left 20,000 visitors wallowing in a pond of pulped fruit as the tiny Spanish town celebrated the world's largest food fight.

Annan Says He Won't Resign Over Oil,
Food Probe (Reuters)

Annan Says He Won't Resign Over Oil,
Food Probe (Reuters) 03/29/2005 10:44 PM
Reuters - A key report concluded on Tuesday that Secretary-General Kofi Annan did not influence contract decisions for a firm that employed his son but it faulted the U.N. chief for conducting a superficial probe of the controversy.

Key Oil, Food Probe Focuses on Annan and
His Son (Reuters)

Key Oil, Food Probe Focuses on Annan and
His Son (Reuters) 03/29/2005 05:06 AM
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to be faulted on Tuesday in a key report for ignoring a possible conflict of interest involving his son, but not accused of any personal wrongdoing.

End Stigma, Give Food Stamps a New Name?
(Reuters)

End Stigma, Give Food Stamps a New Name?
(Reuters) 06/23/2004 10:42 AM
Reuters - The U.S. government wants to end the stigma of food stamps -- by giving them a new name to add to their new look.

Food poisoning hits 300 mourners
(Reuters)

Food poisoning hits 300 mourners
(Reuters) 05/24/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters - Three hundred people biding farewell to loved ones in memorial services in Greece have ended up in hospital with food poisoning after eating a traditional sweet prepared for the occasion, officials say.

Food controls stir up Cypriots (Reuters)

Food controls stir up Cypriots (Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - Food lovers in Cyprus could face a glum holiday because nothing is good enough to eat any more.

Top Iraq Official on Oil-For-Food Probe
Killed (Reuters)

Top Iraq Official on Oil-For-Food Probe
Killed (Reuters) 07/03/2004 10:12 AM
Reuters - The Iraqi official heading the investigation into alleged corruption in the United Nations oil-for-food program was killed in a bomb attack earlier this week, officials familiar with the probe said on Saturday.

Wasteful Britons Chuck Away Fifth of
Food - Report (Reuters)

Wasteful Britons Chuck Away Fifth of
Food - Report (Reuters) 04/15/2005 09:52 AM
Reuters - British households throw about a fifth of their food, untouched and uneaten, straight into the rubbish bin, according to a BBC radio show.

Food Poisoning Puts 300 Mourners in
Hospital (Reuters)

Food Poisoning Puts 300 Mourners in
Hospital (Reuters) 05/24/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters - Three hundred people biding farewell to loved ones in memorial services in Greece ended up in hospital with food poisoning after eating a traditional sweet prepared for the occasion, officials said Monday.

Food firm in a stew over Gandhi curry
(Reuters)

Food firm in a stew over Gandhi curry
(Reuters) 06/17/2005 05:04 PM
Reuters - Mahatma Gandhi's family is pleading with the Indian government to force an Australian takeaway firm called Handi Ghandi -- "Great Curries...No Worries" -- to stop using the vegetarian pacifist to sell its food.

Millions Hunt for Food as Tsunami Toll
Nears 80,000 (Reuters)

Millions Hunt for Food as Tsunami Toll
Nears 80,000 (Reuters) 12/29/2004 10:34 PM
Reuters - Millions of people around the Indian Ocean scrambled for food and clean water on Thursday, with the threat of disease now stalking survivors of the most devastating tsunami on record.

U.N. Seeks Urgent Food Aid for N.Korea
Blast Victims (Reuters)

U.N. Seeks Urgent Food Aid for N.Korea
Blast Victims (Reuters) 04/27/2004 05:58 AM
Reuters - The United Nations urgently appealed on Tuesday for 1,000 tons of food to feed survivors of North Korea's deadly train explosion as Russia flew in emergency relief and South Korea prepared to send aid.

Cash, Food, and Family -- the Great
Italy Divide (Reuters)

Cash, Food, and Family -- the Great
Italy Divide (Reuters) 12/22/2004 01:01 AM
Reuters - Northern Italy has the money, but the south has family.

Indonesia Tsunami Victims Hunt Food,
Flood Hospitals (Reuters)

Indonesia Tsunami Victims Hunt Food,
Flood Hospitals (Reuters) 01/05/2005 06:05 AM
Reuters - The hungry scavenged for food and water and the wounded flooded hospitals in Indonesia's Aceh on Wednesday, as a global relief effort staggered to help survivors of the tsunami catastrophe.

Berlusconi rubs salt in Finnish wound at
food body (Reuters)

Berlusconi rubs salt in Finnish wound at
food body (Reuters) 06/22/2005 02:18 AM
Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated one of his most famous diplomatic gaffes on Tuesday by insulting the cuisine of Finland which Italy beat to host the new European Food Safety Authority.

Fast crickets die young (Reuters)

Fast crickets die young (Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - If male crickets live fast they die young, researchers have concluded.

Nun's 100-day fast to save salamander
(Reuters)

Nun's 100-day fast to save salamander
(Reuters) 02/05/2005 09:24 PM
Reuters - A South Korean Buddhist nun's life is hanging in the balance, today the 100th day of her fast to protest against plans to blast a tunnel through the habitat of several endangered species including a rare salamander.
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