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STAMFORD Conn. Weakness in the credit markets has forced Centerplate Inc. and its pending buyer, Kohlberg & Co., to modify their acquisition agreement by reducing the purchase price and amending credit terms. The moves helped Kohlberg, a private...
MINNEAPOLIS Dairy Queen is kicking off the New Year with a new Turtle Oreo Blizzard available at participating restaurants beginning Jan. 1. The new treat, part of the chain’s Blizzard of the Month promotion, features cookie pieces, caramel and...
HOUSTON Landry's Restaurants Inc. today started cash tender offers for about $400 million in senior notes due in 2014, which could be called early next year as part of an agreement reached with bondholders in an August 2007 court settlement. ...
Bruegger’s Bagels, a chain of just under 300 units based here, plans to roll out hot and cold sandwiches on house-baked white and honey wheat bread at the end January. Chief executive James Greco said the sandwiches are currently being tested in...
MIAMI Burger King Corp. has debuted two conjoined mini-burgers, billed as a limited-time offer, in at least one New York City store and in Southern New England after the elf-sized product has shown success abroad. At least one Burger King...
NASHVILLE Tenn. O’Charley’s Inc., parent of the troubled O’Charley’s, Ninety Nine Restaurants and Stoney River Legendary Steaks casual-dining brands, said Tuesday that Gregory Burns, its chairman and chief executive, would retire next year...
WASHINGTON Restaurateurs looking for booming states to tackle should look toward Utah, according to U.S. population-growth estimates released Monday. Utah’s population grew 2.5 percent to 2.7 million from July 1, 2007, to...
JANUARYHOWARD SCHULTZ replaced JIM DONALD as president and chief executive of Seattle-based Starbucks Corp.NEAL YANOFSKY resigned as president of Richmond Heights, Mo.-based Panera Bread Co.MIKE SHUMSKY was named...
The movement to WEB-ACCESSED, CENTRALLY HOSTED BACK-OFFICE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES—including those for purchasing, inventory, production, human resources management and scheduling—gained momentum. Some operators cited as the reasons for...
GOLD & SILVER PLATECHARLIE TROTTER, the pioneering chef-owner of the fine-dining Charlie Trotter’s restaurant in Chicago, was presented with the 2008 Gold Plate award at a gala event held in Chicago in May. The award is given annually...