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WASHINGTON While full-service restaurant sales aren't expected to rebound as quickly as in other industry segments, the National Restaurant Association offers eight ways that table-service operators can weigh the odds of recovery in their favor...
DOVER Del. Delaware became the latest state to weigh in on the menu-labeling issue when the Senate passed a measure requiring that restaurants post nutrition data on menus. The bill now moves to the House.Passed by a 15-5 vote, the measure, SB 81...
MIAMI BEACH Fla. Burger King said it will sell beer at a Whopper Bar set to open next month in Miami Beach.In a domestic first for the nation's No. 2 burger chain, the new Whopper Bar will serve beer from 8 a.m. to 5 a.m. in the store and from 8 a...
SEATTLE Taco Del Mar Franchising Corp. has filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, at least the third restaurant company to do so this month. Taco Del Mar, which has more than 225 fast-casual locations, said Friday its operations would continue...
OAK BROOK Ill. Although most of the restaurant industry is thankful 2009 has ended, quick-service leader McDonald’s Corp. showed that the past year wasn’t all bad, announcing better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and a 9-percent growth in...
SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. gave credit to brisk holiday business and the launch of its new instant coffee as it reported first-quarter profit that nearly quadrupled from a year ago and posted its first same-store sales increase in two years. For the...
ATLANTA Decisions in franchise-related law in 2009 produced new frameworks under which franchisors and franchisees will be doing business in the year ahead, and beyond. Citing four restaurant-industry cases, litigators in the Atlanta-based DLA...
COLUMBUS Ohio Family-dining chain Bob Evans has joined several other restaurant chains offering more healthful fare with its new Fit from the Farm menu. All items on the new menu have no more than 650 calories and 750 milligrams of sodium. In...
RICHMOND HEIGHTS Mo. Citing stronger-than-anticipated fourth-quarter same-store sales growth, Panera Bread Co. raised its earnings guidance by as much as 9 cents per share, or 11 percent, and also noted that sales trends have continued to...