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When It Comes to Fast Food, Labeling Can Lower Calorie Counts

Those calorie counts on fast food menus that make you feel bad about your extra-large fries actually work. Unless, of course, you found the advertisements really convincing.READ»

How Fast Food Chains Could Prevent Water Pollution

The food isn't the only part of the fast food industry that's killing us--they're the number one source of litter. But a few simple fixes and nudges could help fast food lovers waste less.READ»

KFC's Misguided Attempt At Eco-Friendly Change

Locally sourced building materials are wonderful, for sure, but how about some locally sourced chicken?READ»

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Fast Food Redemption: McDonald's Execs Launch Health Food Chain

McDonald's CEO Mike Roberts and Chief of Operations Mike Donahue are finally doing national cuisine a favor: they're starting a healthy fast food restaurant chain.READ»

Veggie Bot Turns Vegetables Into Toy Building Blocks

San Francisco's trying to ban McDonald's Happy Meal toys unless the fast food chain cuts down on calories and includes fruit and vegetable portions in the meals. We say: Use the Veggie Bot.READ»

Burger King Going Brazilian in $4 Billion Buyout

An investment firm backed by a trio of wealthy Brazilians is buying the fast food franchise.READ»

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4food "De-Junks" Fast Food With Doughnut Burgers

A flat ring of meat is not a hamburger. 4food, New York City’s newest attempt at a healthy restaurant, thinks it is.READ»

Burgerville Offers Personalized Calorie Counts on Receipts, You Want Thighs With That?

Think about what you hope for when you buy a meal from a local fast food joint--speed, convenience, taste, and maybe even sustainably sourced ingredients if you're lucky. But a low-calorie meal? Probably not that high on the ...READ»

Waste Oil-Coated Smart Roof Could Save Energy

One of the simplest climate change geoengineering solutions we've seen is the white roof, which naturally reflects sunlight back into space and keeps buildings cool. Energy Secretary Steven Chu even went so far as to say recently ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Which Burger Chains Dominate the U.S. Landscape?

McDonald's isn't quite as ubiquitous as it seems--and that tells you something about the power of its brand.READ»

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Three Business Models the $38 Billion Newspaper Industry Could Copy

Three ideas the $38 billion newspaper industry could copy to buoy its business.READ»

Fox, Burger King Eagerly Court the Meathead Demo

Burger King and Fox mock Jessica Simpson for her weight--even as it sells hamburgers with 2/3 the calories you need in a whole day.READ»

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Rising Dough: Why Panera Bread Is on a Roll

How Panera is thriving by selling real food -- and a gathering space -- in suburbiaREAD»

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Fast Food and Bicyclists: Two Peas in a Pod?

It seems like the ultimate contradiction--a presumably environmentally-conscious bike rider in Portland, Oregon gets riled up because she can't go through a local fast food chain's drive-through window on her two-wheeled ride. She ...READ»

Slow Food: The Restaurant Biz Is Floundering

More bad news for the nation's diners, drive-thrus, and dives. Can they innovate their way out of this mess?READ»

Burger King's Struggling. Is Their Ad Agency to Blame?

BK continues to lose ground to McDonald's--and some are laying the blame on the creepy ads created by Crispin Porter+Bogusky. Hogwash.READ»

The Sizzling Secrets of In-N-Out Burger: Q&A With Stacy Perman

In this Q&A with Stacy Perman, author of "In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules," we uncover how the West Coast chain is shaking up the fast-food industry--one "animal style" burger at a time.READ»

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McDonald's Moves Closer to Pesticide-Free French Fries

McDonald's french fries are crunchy, delightfully salty, and covered in pesticides. That last point may not be true for much longer now that the company has agreed to survey and promote best practices in potato pesticide use ...READ»

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Fast Food Ads = Fat Children?

A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research reveals that a ban on fast food advertising during children's programming would reduce obesity rates in America's youth by 14-18%.READ»