fast food

Fast food puts Med diet on 'endangered list'

CNN.com - Health  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 8:52am

Famed for keeping people slim, healthy and living longer, the Mediterranean diet has followers all over the world.



 

Fast-food could betray criminals

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Mon, 09/15/2008 - 6:08pm

A fingerprinting method that uses salt in people's sweat could result in more arrests for criminals with a diet high in fast food.



 

Overseas sales boost McDonald's

BBC Finance  Wed, 07/23/2008 - 9:27am

Fast-food group McDonald's reports higher-than-expected quarterly profits, helped by solid overseas sales



 

US hunger for McDonald's slowing

BBC Finance  Tue, 04/22/2008 - 11:00am

Fast-food group McDonald's posts upbeat quarterly results, despite weakening US sales.



 

Efforts to Raise Tomato Pickers' Wages Gain Ground

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 04/18/2008 - 6:31am

Wages for Florida tomato pickers have stayed the same for nearly 20 years. Following the lead of McDonald's and other fast food giants, a Florida-based immigrant rights group is pressuring Burger King to pay a penny more per pound for tomatoes.

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Cook accused of spitting on fan's burger (AP)

Ytop stories  Fri, 03/28/2008 - 5:58pm

AP - A fast-food cook and Seattle Seahawks fan has been accused of spitting on a hamburger ordered by a man wearing Pittsburgh Steelers attire.



 

School-gate fast food ban urged

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Fri, 03/28/2008 - 5:19am

Schools are urged close their gates at lunch to prevent children swapping their school meal for a takeaway.



 

Thai diners show appetite for rat

BBC Finance  Wed, 02/06/2008 - 6:33am

As China prepares for the Year of the Rat, Thailand's fast food sellers are enjoying a boom in sales of the rodent.