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NEW YORK High-end restaurant results are hitting new lows as slowed consumer spending and continuing budget cuts by corporate clients eat away at earnings. McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants Inc. and Morton’s Restaurant Group Inc. both said...
BATON ROUGE La. Copeland’s of New Orleans is rolling out a new prototype intended to reduce construction costs and give franchisees greater flexibility in site selection, the company said Thursday.The first such unit was unveiled here in March...
COLUMBUS Ohio Rise & Dine Restaurants Inc., franchisor of the 15-unit breakfast-and-lunch chain, is changing its brand name to Sunny Street Cafe, the company said Friday.Chief operating officer Joe Deavenport said that the chain’s consumer...
WAYZATA Minn. Redstone American Grill said this week it has added the responsibilities of president to the chain’s chief operating officer, as well as named a new board member, helping to ready the five-unit upscale casual-dining chain for growth...
DESTIN Fla. Tropical Smoothie Café this week unveiled a more cost-effective and expanded menu to all of the 280 tropical-themed smoothie-sandwich stores.The new menu was the culmination of an 18-month evaluation, the company said. It serves to...
DALLAS Brinker International Inc. on Thursday reported weak sales at its three casual-dining brands, including flagship Chili’s Grill & Bar, during the fourth quarter and predicted that same-store sales would continue to decline in the new fiscal...
LAS VEGAS Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse said Thursday he would open a sports-theme restaurant called Lagasse's Stadium this fall at The Palazzo resort-casino here. The project will feature custom sports viewing walls made up of nearly 100 high...