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Kentucky Fried Chicken says it is shutting down its fryers for good in Fiji, saying the government compromised its so-called famous blend of 11 herbs and spices by stopping KFC from importing key ingredients. Fiji says that's just an excuse.

With both obesity and fiscal austerity on the rise, makers of unhealthy foods are a tempting target for taxation. While companies like Coca-Cola and McDonald's are most obviously in the sights of the food police, the rest of the food industry may be vulnerable as well.

For more than 30 years, the standard McDonald's Happy Meals have been exactly the same -- a burger or chicken nuggets, fries and a soda. But no more. In an attempt to help youngsters make healthier food choices, the fast food chain is making big changes to its kid's-meal-in-a-box.

For its Cow Appreciation Day Friday, Chick-fil-A gave away free sandwiches to customers who come in wearing cow costumes. We talked with CEO Dan Cathy about a herd of other issues including rising food costs, industry trends, the economy and how his values affect the company's bottom line.

In the world of fast food, it is rare that popular items disappear from menus. A clear exception to this rule, however, has been McDonald's McRib sandwich, which, since it was cut from the standard package of offerings in the U.S. in 2005, has resurfaced from time to time in outlets across the...

According to the documentary Super Size Me, Americans spend more than $110 billion on fast food annually. This year, KFC's greatly heralded, "bunless" Double Down chicken sandwich featuring bacon and cheese layered between two fried chicken filets, took a smaller-than-expected bite out of that pie,...

Holy cow! Baldwin Park, Calif., purported home of the state's first drive-through restaurant -- a hamburger haven called In-N-Out -- has imposed a nine-month moratorium on new drive-through eateries there. In a climate of soaring obesity rates -- 17% of children and nearly 34% of adults are obese,...

If you were McDonald's, would you tinker with a Big Mac? And if your sales just climbed 10% in this stink-bag of an economy, would you dump the ad campaign that was partially responsible? We didn't think so. Neither did the Golden Arches. McDonald's unveiled its "new" campaign this week -- and...

The report this week that McDonald's Corp. and Coca-Cola are pushing McDonald's indie franchises to lower the price of all sodas to $1 this summer makes little difference to consumers. At any price, we get screwed. I know, I know. Railing against the mark-up of fountain soft drinks is as useful as...

In New Zealand, McDonald's and Weight Watchers have teamed up to sell three co-branded meals. That's not as strange as it sounds -- Weight Watchers dieters measure food intake on a point scale. What's strange is how the numbers may or may not have been calculated.