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DALLAS Denny’s, a 1,500-unit family-dining chain based in Spartanburg. S.C., the focus is on developing dishes that diners can’t prepare at home, said Mark Chmiel, executive vice president and chief marketing and innovation officer, during ...
Melissa Carter, a lawyer, in August became the first California franchisee of CiCi’s Pizza with the opening of a buffet restaurant in San Diego. Carter had become familiar with CiCi’s, a 650-unit chain based in Coppell, Texas...
NEW YORK Third-quarter earnings season got off to a rocky start this week with cautious commentary on October sales trends from heavyweight McDonald’s Corp., a quarter that many deemed disappointing from P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc., and double...
SINGAPORE Daniel Boulud, Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali and three other celebrity chefs will open restaurants next year at the massive Marina Bay Sands resort set to open here next year. The other chefs who will open restaurants at the resort include...
BOSTON Renowned chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten will open a restaurant called Market in the W Hotel in Boston next week, officials from his restaurant development company said Thursday. Market will feature a menu consisting of French, Asian and...
INDIANAPOLIS Steak n Shake Co. and Western Sizzlin Corp. said Friday they have signed an agreement to merge in a deal worth $38.8 million. The agreement, first announced as aplan in August, must still garner shareholder approval...
SEATTLE Sinking the hopes of anyone who wanted to believe that billboards recently pulled from Elliott Bay may have been remnants of a decades-old submarine advertising scheme by eccentric restaurateur Ivar Haglund, Ivar’s Inc. officials this week...
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association is spearheading an effort on Capitol Hill to extend the 15-year depreciation schedule for restaurant improvements and new construction. The current rules, established by Congress in 2004 and 2006, are...
OKLAHOMA CITY On the heels of aggressive refranchising, Sonic Corp. reported this week double-digit decreases in fourth-quarter revenue and net income that were largely tied to the sell-off of stores and falling sales. For the quarter ended Aug...