Ordering a pizza in Spanish has suddenly become a cultural hot button.Pizza Patrón, a 104-unit, carry-out pizza chain headquartered in Dallas, is raising eyebrows both inside and outside the Latino community with a planned promotion to give away thousands of large pepperoni pizzas on the evening of June 5 to folks who order in Spanish.It can be broken Spanish. It can be first-time Spanish. But it has to be Spanish.The move comes at a time immigration and immigration reform remain simmering election-year issues. One in every six people in the U.S. is Latino, says the U.S. Census Bureau. From 2000 to 2010, the U.S. Hispanic population expanded from 35.3 million to 50.5 million. Critics of the free pizza promo are lashing out — including some ... Continue reading →

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The fast-food drive-through is spilling into the world of designer coffee, convenience stores and fast-casual chains such as Panera Bread.Thanks, in part, to these new avenues, drive-through sales, which slowed during the recession, are growing. Sales were up 3% in 2011, and up 2% in 2010, after falling 1% in recession-fed 2009, according to a report from researcher NPD Group, to be released Tuesday. Last year, some 12.4 billion consumers visited fast-food drive-throughs, a 2% traffic increase over the prior year, NPD says."For the consumer, it's all about time and convenience," says Bonnie Riggs, NPD's restaurant industry analyst. "But for the restaurant, it's also about the bottom line." Which explains why drive-throughs are stretching into new territories:•Fast-casual. At Panera Bread, one of the nation's most ... Continue reading →

Finger incident places Arby's reputation in jeopardy By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY Updated Better to be famous for making great roast beef sandwiches than for a kid finding part of a finger in one.Wilfredo Lee, APAn Arby's restaurant worker's fingertip ended up in the sandwich of a 14-year old Michigan teen last week. The fast food chain is investigating the incident.Wilfredo Lee, APAn Arby's restaurant worker's fingertip ended up in the sandwich of a 14-year old Michigan teen last week. The fast food chain is investigating the incident.Sponsored LinksBut that's the unfortunate situation Arby's finds itself in after a restaurant worker's fingertip ended up in a 14-year-old Michigan teen's sandwich late last week after the employee cut her finger on the meat slicer. In a ... Continue reading →