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Burger King has brought to the U.S. the multi-person meal platform it has been offering in Australia. Coupons distributed nationally this week include one for a $6.99 Meal for Two combo and another for a $9.99 Family Bundle combo.  Included in the Meal for Two deal are two Whoppers, two small fries and two small [...]

McDonald’s nostalgic 1955 Burger will come that much closer to a U.S. introduction when the burger joins the menu in the UK. According to Marketing magazine, that happens in the next few weeks.  There’s no “wow” ingredient to the 1955, which celebrates the year Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Ill. As [...]

[So where's the Firecracker Asian menu? Patience. It's rolling out.] Ξ Wendy’s on Monday (Aug. 22) is expected to introduce a new line under the Firecracker Asian name, according to operators. All of the items include, yes, chicken, as well as won ton strips and teriyaki sauce/dressing.  At the value-price end there’s a Firecracker Asian [...]

[8/22 Update: McDonald' has introduced the Chicken Muffin for breakfast in Japan.] Given commodity prices that favor chicken over beef, McDonald’s has managed to promote chicken on its menu wherever it can, from revamping its Premium Chicken sandwiches to testing Chicken Flatbreads, testing Chicken McBites and a Chicken Grande wrap, and trying spicier versions of McChicken. [...]

Burger King’s announced short-term strategy is to battle soft sales with soft-serve ice cream.  The company announced that systemwide North American same-store sales dropped 5.3% during the quarter ended June 30, 2011. Comp sales were up 6.8% in South America, where the chain’s new owners (and its new global Chief Marketing Officer Flavia Faugeres) hail from, and [...]

Wendy’s North America systemwide same-store sales increased 2.3% in the second quarter, ended July 3, 2011, President-CEO Roland Smith reported this morning. Average check increased 1.4% in the quarter; transactions rose 0.9%.  Now free of Arby’s drag, The Wendy’s Co. appears energized about strengthening the Wendy’s brand. Most of what was discussed on today’s analyst [...]

Nearly two years ago, McDonald’s introduced the 1955 Burger in Germany, named for the year Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s. That sandwich has since been menued at McDonald’s throughout Europe, becoming one of its most successful launches.  Now comes the 1967 Burger, introduced this week only in Canada’s Quebec province with hopes of similar success. [...]

McDonald’s has two smash-hit cheeseburgers that it has been moving around Europe. One is the 1955 Burger, topped with bacon and grilled onions, which salutes the year Ray Kroc opened his first restaurant. The other is that crispy-onion-topped ode to Manhattan, the NYCrispy. One or both could some day come to the U.S. But McDonald’s [...]

Yes, yes, we eat with our eyes first. But we also eat with our ears, which can make the name chosen for a new burger either catchy and appealing or jarring and off-putting. Here are two new burgers with names that make me want to ask, “What else have you got?” Angus BLAT could be [...]