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DALLAS Chili’s Grill & Bar said Wednesday it has opened its first restaurant in El Salvador, which brings the number of countries with Chili's locations to 26. The new, 237-seat restaurant in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, is operated by...
MIAMI Barton G. Weiss, who specializes in catering at performing arts and entertainment venues, said he has inked a five-year deal with event planner Adrienne Arsht to provide foodservice at the Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County...
BOSTON As Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick seeks to close the $2.5 billion gap in his state’s budget, local meal tax legislation is likely to pass within the next few months, an industry insider said. Aproposal was introduced earlier this...
CHICAGO Restaurant and retail veteran David Grossman has signed a master franchise deal to open 80 Freshii locations over the next 10 years in the Chicago area, the 14-unit fast-casual chain said Wednesday. Freshii, which was founded in...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of the stories that will appear in next week's special NRN 50 issue, Opportunities Knocking: Open the door to bold thinking and unlock your profit potential. Look for the issue Jan. 26.It's difficult to put a price tag...
DALLAS Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, an 80-unit quick-service chain, said it has appointed Lee Evans to the position of vice president-controller. Evans, a certified public accountant, most recently was vice president of...
Since the start of the new year, several restaurant companies have begun to change their marketing strategies, with new campaigns or new advertising agencies, to counteract what has been plaguing the industry for more than a year — the...
LOS ANGELES California Pizza Kitchen Inc. will soon debut its first non-pizza frozen grocery item with a line of flatbread melt sandwiches. As part of its partnership with Kraft, California Pizza Kitchen will introduce four varieties of...