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Even foodservice is getting caught in the “Twilight” zone. With the opening Friday of the movie “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” based on the wildly successful “Twilight” teen vampire love story series, a number of restaurant companies are tapping...
RICHMOND HEIGHTS Mo. Panera Bread Co. chief executive Ron Shaich will step down next May and be replaced by co-chief operating officer Bill Moreton. Shaich, who co-founded the bakery-café concept 28 years ago, will become executive chairman of the...
SPRINGDALE Ark. The board of directors of Tyson Foods Inc. has named Donnie Smith president and chief executive.The appointment of Smith, who previously was senior vice president of Poultry and Prepared Foods, is effective immediately, the...
WASHINGTON Restaurateurs counting on a big holiday sales boost from the merchandising of gift cards might be in for some disappointment this season, according to a study by the National Retail Federation. While gift cards are expected to remain...
NEW YORK Fitch Ratings, a credit and debt rating firm, expects the restaurant industry’s fortunes to improve late next year, following what it calls the bottoming out of weak industry sales trends currently taking place. While operators are...
MELVILLE N.Y. Sbarro Inc., operator or franchisor of 1,056 Italian quick-service restaurants worldwide, detailed this week a much wider net loss of $24.5 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 27, compared with a net loss of $1.2 million in...
CLEVELAND It’s no coincidence that the rookie wooing Cleveland Cavaliers fans this season was a local standout before entering the big arena. Team supporters like to see a homegrown favorite when they go to a game, and that’s as true for burgers...
PORTLAND Ore. McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants Inc. on Wednesday named Michelle Lantow chief financial officer, effective. Jan. 6.Lantow will replace former CFO Emmanuel Hilario, who left the company in May.Most recently the president and...