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John H. Longstreet has been named president and chief executive of the Quaker Steak & Lube casual dining chain, replacing Ken Cole, who stepped down to become a franchisee of the 37-unit chain...
DENVER Smashburger has expanded chairman David Prokupek’s role to include chief executive duties and added three outside directors to its board for greater functional expertise, the fast-casual chain said. New to the board of Denver-based...
In an effort to reduce the amount of sodium in consumers' diets, New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced a bill that would ban the use of salt in the preparation of restaurant food across the state...
MIAMI Burger King Holdings Inc. said same-store sales at U.S. and Canadian stores were hit hard by winter weather in January and February, but the nation's No. 2 burger chain has seen improvement in March. The company pinned hopes for increased...
Many of the technologies that will be most meaningful to foodservice operators in the months ahead are transformational in nature and will reshape the way they deal with guests and employees, speakers told attendees at the recent 15th...
Prior to co-founding the fast-casual Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers, Bill Simon honed his operational skills in casual dining with the four-unit Timberline Steakhouse & Grill in Kansas. Since the first Freddy’s opened in Wichita, Kan...
Would it be heresy to name as Beer of the Week during the month of St. Patrick a black ale from England? Perhaps, but let’s do it anyway as a reminder that while Eire may have made the stout style famous, both that black ale and its oft-overlooked...
NEW YORK Palm Restaurants and concessionaire SSP America recently unveiled The Palm Bar & Grille at JFK International Airport, the upscale steakhouse chain's first airport location. The restaurant, located pre-security in JFK’s international...
One of the first modern books to give bourbon and other American whiskeys the respect we now know them to richly deserve, “The Book of Bourbon” by Gary Regan and Mardee Haidin Regan was originally released to much spirituous applause in 1995. And...
LOS ANGELES —In a city that has embraced the gourmet-food-truck movement like no other, Dennis Rohde is not a fan. Rohde is the franchise owner of a Baja Fresh unit in the Miracle Mile neighborhood, next to the Los Angeles...