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Yes! Keith Can is the latest marketing initiative of Ben E. Keith Foods, or BEK, the ninth-largest U.S. broadline distributor. The new slogan comes under the aegis of the distributor’s overall marketing strategy, called “What Can We Do for Our...
Some franchised restaurant operators prefer to leave solutions development to vendors and franchisor big guns, but Robert Ireland isn’t among them.For the past four years, Ireland has served as director of information technology, or IT, for Tar...
CHEYENNE Wyo. Taco John’s employee Justine Anderson picked a pert phrase for the back of her new work shirt. When the 17-year-old now turns around, customers see “Let’s get saucy!” —Given a...
Blue Tractor207 E. Washington St. (734) 222-4095. www.bluetractor.net/annarbor/ .Seats: 134, plus a lounge that holds 164 people.Cuisine: barbecue and...
Giving away the store may not be the best answer to surviving these desperate times. Free Grand Slams may have driven 2.2 million people into Denny’s, but will that effort show a real return on investment? When you factor in the cost...
George McKerrow Jr. is as passionate about being eco-friendly as he is about the restaurant business itself. McKerrow, who founded LongHorn Steakhouse Inc. and its parent, RARE Hospitality, now owned by Darden Restaurants, is...
ANN ARBOR Mich. —Domino’s Pizza says overhauling the foundation of its proprietary Pulse restaurant technology yielded a system that is more secure, reduces downtime in failures and costs less to own...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Kona Grill Inc., parent to the 20-unit upscale-casual and sushi bar chain, said cost controls and increased revenue would lead to better-than-expected first-quarter results. The company said Monday it anticipated a loss...
DALLAS Romacorp Inc., parent of the nearly 200-unit Tony Roma’s chain, said Monday that it has promoted Ken Myres to president. Myres most recently was Romacorp's chief operating officer and executive vice president. He...
BETHLEHEM Pa. Emeril Lagasse said he would open a restaurant May 22 in the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem here, marking the celebrity chef's 11th restaurant and his first in the Northeast. Emeril's Chop House will serve prime dry-aged beef...