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After more than a year of operating under pressures from nearly every angle, including stalled consumer spending and increased operating costs, many restaurant operators have been forced to make changes. Some cut employees, others delayed...
LOUISVILLE Ky. In an effort to expand Taco Bell’s international reach, parent Yum! Brand Inc. debuted the quick-service chain's first unit in Bangalore, India, last week.The store opening is part of Yum’s plan to position the quick-serve Mexican...
The 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament already may have been jam-packed with upsets — apologies to fans of the Georgetown Hoyas, Kansas Jayhawks, Villanova Wildcats and the Syracuse Orange — but for restaurateurs, it was...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. The Great Steak & Potato Co., a 200-unit chain owned by Kahala Corp., said this week it is combining two consumer favorites into one sandwich: the Philly Mac & Cheesesteak.Substituting macaroni and cheese for the plain cheese...
SAN JOSE Calif. The Santa Clara County board of supervisors will begin to research the feasibility of creating a law aimed at battling childhood obesity by limiting the use of toys, digital games and other incentives in the marketing of...
ORLANDO Darden Restaurants Inc. said Friday that John Caron, the executive vice president of marketing for the company’s Olive Garden chain, has been promoted into the new post of chief marketing officer for Darden. The casual-dining company also...
The annual Technomic Top 500 report found that 2009 was a brutal year for the industry’s largest concepts, with aggregate systemwide sales for the largest chains falling 0.8 percent. Upstarts, however, including Five Guys, Noodles &...
NEW YORK Nelson Peltz, a well known activist investor and the non-executive chairman of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, has reportedly decided not to pursue an acquisition of CKE Restaurants Inc., the New York Post reported Thursday...
ORLANDO The era of discounting in casual dining showed more signs of ending as executives at Darden Restaurants Inc. said this week they would be using price-driven promotions even more judiciously. Darden reported this week that profit in the...