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LAFAYETTE Calif. Eight-unit Caspers Famous Hot Dogs said it has replaced its turkey dog with a new chicken product and beefed up its promotional efforts in advance of a 75th anniversary event in July during National Hot Dog Month. The...
CHICAGO The recession is stalling starter sales, and forcing operators to rev up both the creativity and value perception of their appetizers, according to Technomic Inc. In the past two years the number of consumers purchasing appetizers...
On the Massachusetts island of Nantucket, Orla Murphy-Lascola, co-owner and sommelier of American Seasons restaurant, used to buy organic syrups for her Italian-style sodas. “Then we started making our own,” she says.That’s...
I’ve long recognized the significance of service in the restaurant business, but never was its importance more evident to me than this past Mother’s Day. My wife and I went our separate ways to spend time with our moms. She stayed in New York City...
SANTA FE N.M. K-Bob’s Steakhouse concept appears to be running a competitive race against many larger casual-dining rivals. —Ed Tinsley may have lost his bid to become the U.S. congressman...
Training and marketing manager Katie Brower used to have a 10-minute commute to the Chili’s Grill & Bar where she worked in Jacksonville, N.C. Today, she still lives close to work, but she’s a long way from home...
Victor Haydel, president of Hank Aaron’s 755 Restaurant Corp. of Atlanta, left a financial career nearly 10 years ago to become a restaurant franchise owner.His 20 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen units now employ more than 700 people throughout Georgia...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Kona Grill Inc. could be facing a static future, the company’s second-largest shareholder said in a letter offering $27.9 million to take the company private. —After months of...
Executive chef Raphael Abrahante lays shredded phyllo dough, or kadaif, in long strands. He places a sea scallop on the strips and rolls it firmly in the dough without using egg or water to seal it...
Generation Y will account for about 70 million full-time U.S. workers in 2012, estimates Gilbert Melott, a former restaurant human resources executive and founder of Nextvoice247.com, an online leadership forum based in Chicago. On...