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    <description>Franchising.com provideds the latest in american food franchise industry news from over 1,000 franchise companies and business opportunities worldwide. Covering: general announcements, mergers, acquisitions, personnel changes, business expansion, media coverage, conference calls,earnings claims, product announcements, and strategic alliances.</description>
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  <title>Burger King Holdings Declares Quarterly Dividend </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BKC) announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on December 29, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:40:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>T.G.I. Friday's(R) Restaurants In Texas To Donate Portion Of Thanksgiving Day Sales To Assist Fort Hood Community</title>
    <description><![CDATA[T.G.I. Friday's today announced that all 50 restaurants in its home state of Texas will donate 5% of net sales from Thanksgiving Day to the United Service Organizations to assist the Fort Hood community which lost 13 of its loved ones during the...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:35:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Burger King Holdings, Inc. To Present At The Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Credit Conference </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Burger King Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BKC) announced today that the company will participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Credit Conference on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at The Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York, NY beginning at 7:30 a.m. EST...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>T.G.I. Friday's(R) Restaurants To Open On Thanksgiving </title>
    <description><![CDATA[T.G.I. Friday's today announced it will give its guests at participating restaurants one more thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: a few hours away from the family. The majority of Friday's(R) 600 restaurants in the U.S. will be...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:25:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Wingstop Of Lansing Ranked Among Top 10 "Best Wings In America" </title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Lansing Wingstop, located at 17707 Torrence Avenue, recently placed number nine on the national M.J. City Guides poll ranking the "Best Wings in America." The poll attracted thousands of voters across the country.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:55:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Rock Hill's New Zaxby's Hatches Monday, November 23  </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Zaxby's licensees Sammy and Danita Bruce, along with partners Kenny and Denise Lowry, and Skipper and Donna Barnett, will open the doors to York County's third Zaxby's restaurant, located at 2889 Heckle Blvd., this Monday. A Southeast favorite for...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:20:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Checkers Restaurants Nearly Doubles Openings In 2009 Despite Economy </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/checkersdriveinresta/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/checkersdriveinresta/images/banner_sm.jpg" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, the largest double drive-thru chain in the United States, announced today that the company has experienced substantial growth across the U.S. in 2009 with more than 35 new restaurant openings, a 70 percent increase over...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:35:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Noodles &amp; Company Expands In Wisconsin With Grand Opening In Waukesha </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Noodles &amp; Company, the restaurant that serves noodles, soups and salads inspired from around the world, will open its 26th restaurant in Wisconsin on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 10:30 a.m. The new restaurant is located at 1210 W Sunset Drive.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Domino's Pizza Gives Thanks And Raises Some 'Dough' For St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, is gearing up to raise "dough" for the kids of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital during its sixth annual Thanks and Giving(R) campaign. Starting Nov. 16, Domino's customers..]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13625/</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:40:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>International Franchisees Have A Big Appetite For Ruby Tuesday </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Casual-dining restaurant leader Ruby Tuesday, Inc. has announced new international franchise agreements for the development of its flagship brand in the Middle East and the United Kingdom. The company has also granted franchise rights for Wok Hay...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:00 PST</pubDate>
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