Quick Service

Taco Bell is expanding its sauce packet recycling program

By Reyna Estrada on Sep. 27, 2022

Last year, Taco Bell began working with recycling company TerraCycle to develop a method for recycling used hot sauce packets. Now, the QSR chain is taking things one step further by allowing sauc...

Marketing

McDonald’s goes boutique with some Happy Meals aimed at adults

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 27, 2022

The burger giant is working with Cactus Plant Flea Market to create a meal in a box, complete with figurines of the chain’s classic characters.

Financing

The guys behind the $100M New Jersey deli get charged with market manipulation

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 27, 2022

The SEC and the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey announced civil and criminal charges against three men, charging them with inflating the share price of their company.

Workforce

Dairy Queen franchisee fined $42K for teen-hour violations

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 26, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor charged Indiana-based H&H Coldwater with 102 infractions of the limits for 14- and 15-year-olds.

Premium

Financing

Pollo Campero gets ready for its next act

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 26, 2022

The Guatemalan chicken chain’s parent company is investing $190 million to make a big growth push in the U.S., with plans to nearly double in size over the next three years.

Technology