McDonald’s burger apprentice comes of age

The fast-food chain, which runs 1,200 “restaurants” in Britain, unveiled more than a 10pc increase in like-for-like trading in the UK in 2008 and “momentum has continued” this year, according to Easterbrook. That performance comes against a fast-food sector which slipped into decline in the first quarter this year.

Hell’s bells net callers

WHEN the Australian operator of fast-food franchise Hell’s Pizza launched in Queensland a year ago, it didn’t want to let its irreverent brand wither on the vine.