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SAN CLEMENTE Calif. Pick Up Stix restaurants are offering a coupon for a free entrée with the purchase of another entrée in a deal available through July 15 at participating locations, officials announced Tuesday. The fast-casual chain...
Norman Brinker, a pioneer in casual dining, died Tuesday morning while vacationing in Colorado Springs, Colo. The chairman emeritus of Brinker International Inc., parent to the Chili's Grill & Bar chain, was 78. He died of...
DENVER Greg MacDonald, currently president of Quiznos Canadian division, has been promoted to president of the 4,500-unit sandwich chain, effective in July, the company said Tuesday. MacDonald joined Quiznos in 1998 and held several senior...
CHICAGO —The recession has thrown a number of challenges at the restaurant industry, but tough times can also inspire new thinking about how to improve operations, said the chief executives of four...
Growing up in the restaurant business and majoring in hospitality in college, Joe Micatrotto Jr. had plenty of mentors. Now he is returning the favor. Micatrotto, a former managing partner of a Buca di Beppo restaurant, is president and chief...
NEW YORK Zagat released the findings Monday for its latest survey on the nation's best fast food, and McDonald's topped the list in several categories. The winners were based on the responses of 6,107 consumers who participated in the...
CHICAGO —The Illinois State Routing Bureau helped Pizza Hut navigate a 70,000-pound, 13-foot-wide and 75-foot-long truck through the city so the restaurant chain could serve one of the winning dishes...
CINCINNATI Gold Star Chili’s Memorial Day public-service announcements lasted all of five seconds. But officials say the image the spots used, a single piece of shredded cheese twisted to look like a yellow ribbon, didn’t need much more than that...
Beverly Raphael, president and chief executive of RCC Associates, a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based contractor that specializes in building green restaurants, says there are many ways to make eateries more eco-friendly, but the first step is helping...
CHICAGO —The 90th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show brought together more than 54,000 foodservice professionals, each set on exploring new ways to make their...