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NEW YORK Irwin Kruger, a McDonald’s franchisee for the past 42 years, is selling his four restaurants here back to the franchisor, but he said he is not retiring from foodservice. Kruger, whose McDonald's stores include the 17,000-square-foot unit...
ATLANTA Chick-fil-A reported an 8.6-percent jump in 2009 systemwide sales on the strength of 83 new restaurants and positive same-store sales. The 1,480-unit chain posted sales of $3.2 billion in 2009, the first time it surpassed the $3 billion...
HUNTINGTON BEACH Calif. An expectation of improved fourth-quarter same-store sales and earnings, as well as upcoming traffic and sales driving plans at BJ’s Restaurants Inc. have at least one analyst bullish on the company’s prospects for 2010...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Sales and profit growth in China and other overseas markets offset Yum! Brands Inc.'s weakness in the United States, helping the quick-service company post a 6-percent increase in fourth-quarter net income.For the fourth quarter...
JEFFERSON CITY Mo. A bipartisan bill in the Missouri House of Representatives proposes a statewide ban on smoking in restaurants and bars, among other enclosed public and employment places, and in some outdoor settings.The measure, House Bill 1766...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Fox Restaurant Concepts has debuted a new gastropub called Culinary Dropout and plans to open a second location of its True Food Kitchen concept later this year.FRC, which has 28 restaurants under 13 brands, opened Culinary...
Restaurant kitchens are jam packed with foods that have jumped ethnic boundaries to become fixtures of the American diet. Hot dogs have transcended their Germanic roots and are ballpark staples and picnic standards, while salsa has taken its place...
BROOMFIELD Colo. Noodles & Company has added variety to its traditionally pasta-laden menu with three new sandwiches. The sandwiches are being offered in Noodles & Company stores in Ohio, Kentucky and Colorado, and the chain said it plans to roll...
SAN FRANCISCO The 30-unit Pasta Pomodoro chain has been acquired by two San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneurs who plan to revitalize the Italian casual-dining brand. Terms of the deal, which closed Dec. 31, and was announced Tuesday, were not...