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Food Ads Confusing Children

Researchers contend children under the age of 10 are mistaking apple slices for french fries and failing to recognize milk as a substitute for soda.

April 4, 2014

Only 10% of the participants identified Burger King’s sliced apples as actual apples, while the majority of children said they were french fries.

CSPI wants Sugary Drinks Off Menus

Health organizations and U.S. nutrition experts say they are calling on fast-food restaurant chains to take sugary drinks off their children's menus.

February 18, 2014

Subway, Chipotle, Arby's and Panera already exclude sugary drinks from kids' meals.

C-stores Making Food Inroads

More convenience stores are concentrating on providing a greater variety of fresh, high-quality foods.

February 14, 2014

Convenience-store foodservice is a $10.9 billion industry and a key area of opportunity for convenience stores across the country.

Nuggets of Truth

Mississippi researchers examined chicken nuggets from national fast-food chains to see what they were made of.

October 8, 2013

Chicken meat was not the predominate component in either nugget.

McDonald's Takes Wing

McDonald's wings will be introduced across the fast food chain's restaurants across the nation in a revamp of the giant's domestic menu.

August 28, 2013

The chicken is expected to remain on the menu until the end of November.

Fast Food Frequency

A recent Gallup poll reveals that eight out of 10 Americans eat at fast-food restaurants at least once a month.

August 7, 2013

The survey also found that young adults, aged 18-29, eat fast food more often.

Taco Bell Testing Waffle Taco

Taco Bell has figured out yet another way to make a taco: squish it in a waffle.

May 23, 2013

The breakfast dish features a scrambled egg, a sausage patty and syrup.

Fast Food in Americans' Diets

If the average American put all the food he or she ate in a day on a platter, about a tenth of it would be wrapped in paper or cardboard as part of a value meal.

February 22, 2013

If the average American put all the food he or she ate in a day on a platter, about a tenth of it would be wrapped in paper or cardboard as part of a value meal.

Fast-food Energy Content Remains Largely the Same

November 29, 2012

The energy content of U.S. fast-food restaurant lunch and dinner menu items has changed little over a 14-year period from 1997 to 2010.

In Canada's Restaurants

August 29, 2012

A new report shows that differences are blurring between fast food and fast casual restaurants in Canada and reveals the driving forces of the commercial foodservice industry.