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Low pay, lack of benefits and other issues drove Ayo Collins and three other Jimmy John's workers to enlist the aid of the Chicago-based Industrial Workers of the World to help organize 10 targeted Minneapolis stores. The effort fell short, by a vote of 87 to 85.

Fast food chain Burger King Holdings Inc. (BKC) reported diluted earnings of 36 cents per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, down from 43 cents a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter was $623 million, 1% lower than in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, the company said in a statement....

Yum Brands narrowly beat Wall Street's estimates by reporting an adjusted profit of 58 cents a share, four cents more than estimates. International growth, particularly in China, has tempered a downward trend in U.S. sales.

I won't spend another $5.65 on KFC's new Double Down because the sandwich is naked. So what that it tastes OK. Or that it has enough hunger-slaying protein to train for Mr. Olympia. It isn't worth the price of the bread that it doesn't include. That's the meat of its problem. It's almost all meat....

There's an episode from the last season of King of Queens that I kept thinking about this week. Doug Heffernan, played with impeccable comic timing by Kevin James, is a character who loves his fast food burgers, chips and other assorted junk foods. Well, in this particular episode, he almost hits a...

Sandwich giant Subway announced that it wants to take a bite out of the breakfast market with the nationwide launch of egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches. The company also announced that it will soon start using eggs from cage-free hens. The sandwiches, scheduled to debut in North America on...

Residents of Oklahoma City, OK, Easton, MD and Aurora, CO should start lining up now if they want to get a free Chick-fil-A meal each week for a year when the fun-loving fast-food chicken restaurant opens in their cities Thursday. Every time Chick-fil-A opens a restaurant, the first 100 customers...

Anyone who's ever tried to grab lunch in a pinch knows how exasperating it can be, especially if it involves fast food at a drive-through window. But for customers of Chick-fil-A, the experience is routinely a satisfactory one, according to the latest rankings by an industry publication. The...

I'm a coffee snob. The other kind of coffee snob.I'm over Starbucks. It's-a-Grind costs too much, Don't care for the Coffee bean and Tea Leaf, and Peet's puts hair on my chest while making me feel like I've spent the night in a meth-lab.No, when it comes to coffee, I like it diner-style. Unadorned....