LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc., the parent of such restaurant brands as KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, together with the Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op LLC honored its top suppliers at the annual STAR Awards here. —Yum and...
NEW YORK —Eager investors helped a handful of restaurant companies tap the equity and bond markets in the past two months, providing a sliver of hope that the financing freeze may be thawing and investors may be warming to restaurant...
NEW YORK Restaurant Associates, a contract foodservice and facilities management provider based here, recently unveiled its Green Dining Best Practices initiatives and said it plans to have the program in operation at all 110 of its accounts by...
Home-meal replacement is not dead, says Lane Cardwell, the new chief executive of Boston Market Corp., the Golden, Colo.-based chain that led the HMR wave of the ’90s only to stumble into bankruptcy at the end of the decade. McDonald’s Corp...
Afoodservice employee advocacy group and union proponent that has been highly critical of New York City operators for their treatment of workers recently honored a handful of restaurants that offer such employee benefits as health care and paid...
With the prolonged recession starting to feel like an interminable road trip, operators hoping for the beginning of an upswing likely are beginning to wonder, “Are we there yet?”The answer, according to new data from market research firm The NPD...
Chefs have long been inspired by the beauty of nature’s bounty, from vibrantly colored fruits and vegetables to delicate herbs, but lately many of them have taken on a less attractive muse: dirt.Fueled by a focus on farm-to-table cuisine as well...
ATLANTA —While many operators still don’t know the difference between Facebook and MySpace or tweets and texts, more restaurants are using social networks to communicate with their guests, according to the latest social-media index...
NEW YORK —Nation’s Restaurant News has selected five innovative, young restaurant chains, including a tart frozen-yogurt shop, an airport wine bar and an authentic Neapolitan pizza concept, as the winners of its 15th annual Hot...
An economic turnaround is still out of reach as restaurant chains continue to cut pay and staffing levels, according to a recent survey of Chain Restaurant Compensation Association, a group of more than 100 member companies.“This is a tough time...
