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NEW ORLEANS As its chief rival makes a big push into breakfast, Smoothie King Franchises Inc. is adding to the a.m. competition with extended morning hours at its 580 stores. Smoothie King units now will open at 7 a.m. on weekdays...
VANCOUVER Wash. Continuing its steady pace of franchise growth, Papa Murphy’s International here has signed an area development deal to bring the take-and-bake pizza brand to Southern California for the first time, officials said Tuesday. ...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. said Tuesday it would pay $63 million to purchase a 20-percent stake in Little Sheep Group Ltd., a China-based operator of 375 “hot pot” restaurants. The transaction, expected to close this summer, could...
EDGEWATER Md. At a time when many restaurant companies are closing units and scaling back operations, The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille is working aggressively to expand, with the goal of adding more than 100 locations over the next five years...
HOUSTON Brinker International Inc. said it plans to appeal a federal jury verdict Tuesday that awarded a former Chili's server and 54 others $270,000 in a tip-pooling case. Jennifer Roussell, a former employee at a Chili’s in Sugar Land...
CARPINTERIA Calif. Aggressive cost management and a focus on premium products helped drive up fourth-quarter net income at CKE Restaurants Inc., despite a slight drop in revenues, officials said Wednesday. For the fourth quarter ended Jan...
WASHINGTON After 11 people became ill after eating raw oysters at a restaurant in Chattanooga, Tenn., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned foodservice operators and retailers to avoid selling oysters from a certain section of...
GRAPEVINE Texas More than 1,600 foodservice professionals gathered here March 15-18 as the Women’s Foodservice Forum celebrated its 20th anniversary at its annual leadership conference. Click here to view a slide show of photos from the...