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Wolfgang Puck is one of the biggest names in the restaurant world. He’s a business owner, a caterer, a food manufacturer and one of the first celebrity chefs, but he started out as a cook. Puck began cooking beside his mother, who also...
BOSTON —Even as casual-dining chains heavily promote meal deals to lure recession-weary consumers, the average prices on the segment’s entrées, side dishes, desserts and bar beverages have actually...
Togo’s Sandwiches hasn’t opted out of the discount wars. To compete against Subway’s $5 foot-longs and Quiznos’ $4 Toasty Torpedoes, Togo’s developed its own value-focused deals, such as $3.99 daily specials on 6-inch subs. But that doesn’t...
As the founder, chairman and co-chief executive of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., Steve Ells is as likely to be found on a farm as in the kitchen chopping onions or cleaning a window of one of the restaurants in this now more than...
When Matt Haley was in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction in his 20s, he wrote down a list of goals, which included owning his own restaurant and living on the beach. Now he owns five. And he lives on the beach in Southern Delaware.Now 48, Haley...
The co-founders of Atlanta-based Wing Zone went to this year’s Buffalo Wing Festival and got a lot more than just a lousy T-shirt. In fact, Matt Friedman and Adam Scott went to the annual event in Buffalo, N.Y., to be enshrined in the festival’s...
In New York at the U.S. Open this year, about 59 of the foodservice staffers hired by concessionaire Levy Restaurants were trained by YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities. Based in New York, YAI is an organization that trains...
DALLAS —Burgers may be hot right now, but desserts are hotter, according to Technomic. In a recent poll, 85 percent of respondents said that they eat desserts once a month or more, which is...
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CANTON Mass. Dunkin’ Donuts has added three new chicken and tuna sandwiches to its menu line at participating stores in several northeastern markets, it said Monday.The sandwiches, which will be available at stores in New England, excluding...