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When Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises bought its Big Bowl Fresh Chinese and Thai chain back from Brinker International in March 2005, the company took the opportunity to reposition itself at the forefront of the green...
Since the 1980s Dale Miller has been recognized as one of the brightest culinary lights of the Albany, N.Y., dining scene. He made his mark at 26 years old with the award-winning Stone’s End in Glenmont, N.Y., and afterward spent 11...
Chris Bright, president of the 88-unit zpizza, recognized chaos when he saw it in his restaurants, and he immediately set out to minimize the chain’s operational inefficiencies. Repeatedly, customers would approach the counter...
Spanish trumps French these days for many young chefs looking to expand their culinary knowledge. “No one goes to France to eat now,” says Andy Nusser, executive chef and partner at Casa Mono and adjoining Bar Jamon in New York...
The business health of distribution is tied directly to the business health of its operator customers. When one grows, the other grows and vice versa. It’s been a growth scenario for a number of years, but recently, it’s been the opposite. As...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Texas Roadhouse Inc. on Monday reported an 11-percent rise in first-quarter net income as a higher restaurant count helped compensate for a dip in same-store sales. For the first quarter ended March 31, Texas Roadhouse...
NEW YORK Operators of Mexican and barbecue restaurants in this city say they have so far evaded consumer backlash stemming from the swine flu outbreak that has riveted attention on Mexico for nearly a week. Even as the outbreak of the type...
MIAMI Burger King Corp. plans to ramp up its movie-marketing tie-ins this summer by partnering with Paramount Pictures Corp. on three films. The marketing begins Monday with collectible glasses and toys for the “Star Trek” movie, which...
NEW YORK Nation’s Restaurant News, in partnership with HVS Executive Search, will release a ground-breaking executive compensation study for the chain restaurant industry this November. Tapping into the expertise of human resources...
COSTA MESA Calif. El Pollo Loco is taking another swing at KFC’s grilled product in ads and viral videos following last week’s chicken fight in Southern California, the home to many of the nation's grilled chicken concepts. ...