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As the lingering recession puts “affordable luxury” restaurant brands into the “unaffordable” category for many budget-cutting consumers, such operators are being forced to spin the notion of value to reposition their products as indulgences to...
What’s for dinner tonight? That’s the question many restaurant operators think is the most important to answer when it comes to competing with the growing array of retail outlets that offer prepared foods.But according to a new report from The NPD...
OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma House will consider a bill passed last week by the state Senate to create a task force to determine whether restaurant menus should list calories, fat grams and other nutritional information. Senate Bill 1135...
CENTENNIAL Colo. The prices of some premium cuts of beef have fallen to their lowest levels in years as demand for those cuts has slowed, allowing restaurateurs to expand their steak selections and offer them at better prices to cash-strapped...
NEW YORK Citing the economy’s effect on the restaurant industry, the founders of TableXchange.com, an online business that sold reservations to some of the hottest eateries in New York, said Friday they would shut down the site April 1. ...
RALEIGH N.C. The North Carolina Restaurant Association said it would support a bill banning smoking in all public places that is expected to be introduced to the state legislature on Tuesday, provided there are no last-minute amendments exempting...
WILBRAHAM Mass. Friendly’s, a family-dining chain of more than 500 restaurants, said it would launch its Menu Madness promotion Monday and give kids a chance to “take over” its ice cream factory. The promotion, which...
DALLAS Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern said Friday it has launched its annual Blarney Blast promotion for St. Patrick’s Day and will extend the menu and drink specials into April. “We’re returning to our roots as a relaxing neighborhood tavern...
HOUSTON Tilman Fertitta, chief executive and chairman of Landry’s Restaurants Inc., has acquired a 9-percent personal stake in McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants Inc. Since January, Fertitta has purchased more than 1.3 million...