franchises

For the first time since it was founded, Wendy's has dethroned Burger King as the country's second biggest hamburger chain.

A judge in Louisville, Ky., has ruled that KFC must cooperate with franchisees on advertising, but that it can nix campaigns that it believes could hurt the brand. Disagreement over whether KFC should emphasize its fried or grilled chicken sparked the dispute.

McDonald's has lost a $17,500 lawsuit from a former franchise manager in Brazil, who says he put on 65 pounds during his 12 years of working for the chain. The former employee blames the company's policy of mandatory food sampling and free employee lunches for his weight gain.

Domino's upcoming earnings report will show whether customers have really taken to the chain's new, improved pizza recipe, or if recent sales gains were just an advertising-driven blip.

For Holiday Inn franchise owners, 2010 is starting to look a little bleak. At its annual meeting on Thursday, the chain's owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), told its American franchisees that, recession or no, they need to renovate. At the very least, every outlet has to install new...

After rumors were publicized Tuesday in The New York Post that CIT's (CIT) creditors, including John Paulson & Co, were considering a merger of CIT into IndyMac, its stock shot up on the hope that a rescue plan was in place. Wednesday morning, The Wall Street Journal killed any remaining hopes...

It's hard to imagine a cultural icon with greater ubiquity than McDonald's (MCD). After all, it seems the Golden Arches are present in every town, no matter how small, and at every exit off an interstate highway. But while you'll never have trouble finding a Big Mac, change is on the horizon: The...