With its fast-food business struggling, McDonald's is preparing to license its brand around the world in a range of children's products, including clothes, toys, videos and books.

"Burger King has served up a plain apology to a woman who said she was ordered by a franchise employee to stop breast-feeding her baby in the fast-food restaurant's dining room or leave."

Yes, you can eat lower-fat fast food, but does anyone want to? Is it possible to go to McDonald's and not order fries?

"Say what you like about the French, but those cheese-eating surrender monkeys certainly know how to deal with the cynical promotion of junk food to the masses. As soon as Marie Antoinette - the first celebrity to endorse a product high in sugar and fat - uttered the slogan: 'Qu'ils mangent de la brioche,' her days were numbered."

Tastebuds of Puneites tingle with innovative concoctions: "The foreign-food fever has caught on in the township of Pimpri-Chinchwad too. Just a month ago, I introduced my customers to the concept of brownies. It's a very British concept? something between a cake and a biscuit, says Neetu Athani who owns the bakery Eat it Hot."

"Krispy Kreme "Good Grades" program offers elementary school kids one doughnut for each "A" on their report cards."