The 29th Annual New Products Conference was held September 12-14 in Naples, Fla., with a range of speakers and topics addressing the latest trends and expectations of food and beverage consumers.

Once a year, the British publication Restaurant Magazine publishes a list of the premier restaurants, called The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.

A recent study tied hamburger preferences to gender.

Apparently, people do not keep eating junk food just because it is tasty, scientists say.

The Wendy's Company announced Emil J. Brolick will join Wendy's as president and chief executive officer.

Burger King will introduce healthy options on its menu on Monday through the launch of the California Whopper. The new offering is made of guacamole, which is a dip made of mashed ripe avocado, white onion, lime juice and seasoning.

Young adults buy fast food not only because it is convenient, but because it tastes good.

In one of those freak accidents that sometimes occur in science, where someone is looking at something for one purpose and finds another for it, Dr. Dan O'Sullivan has found a use for a byproduct of harmless bacteria commonly found in the human gut, Called bisin, it appears to work as a sort of super-preservative for meat, dairy and eggs, allowing them to go unspoiled for perhaps years.

Steve Easterbrook will step down as president of McDonald’s Europe at the end of September to join Gondola Group as chief executive of its PizzaExpress restaurant chain.

There are more than 18 million college students in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics, and they are increasingly selective about where and how they spend their foodservice dollars.