Tired of waiting for help in the form of a federal economic-stimulus package, several states have passed or are considering bills designed to jump-start their stalling industries, but restaurateurs say they are uncertain whether such measures...
It should probably come as no surprise that the favorite new ingredients of Matthias Merges, the executive chef at Charlie Trotter’s acclaimed restaurant in Chicago, aren’t exactly items you would pick up at your neighborhood...
It should probably come as no surprise that the favorite new ingredients of Matthias Merges, the executive chef at Charlie Trotter’s acclaimed restaurant in Chicago, aren’t exactly items you would pick up at your neighborhood...
NEW YORK —Even in the epicenter of the financial melt-down, smaller operators in New York are stepping up growth plans, finding friendlier landlords, better deals and extra perks as major national...
After testing Teriyaki Bowls in Western stores since late October, Jack in the Box officials last month revealed plans to roll out the lower-cost, high-margin menu item nationally by February next year. Like other...
WAKEFIELD Mass. —Qualified security assessors and approved scanning vendors who profit from the Payment Card Industry group’s stringent Data Security Standards for restaurateurs and merchants now...
Vine Dining Enterprises chairman Ed Levine says his secondary restaurant accounting business helps him gauge the effectiveness of VDE’s operation of five Left Bank brasseries in the San Francisco Bay Area. To focus more on that...
Front-of-the-house workers are quick to feel the impact of the nation’s souring economy as their hours are cut and their tips fall. But now is the time not to ask what your employer can do for you, but what you can do for your...
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s Corp. said Monday that its breakfast business and chicken offerings drove a 4.5-percent same-store sales increase in the United States for November, a month when many restaurants said sales trends were only getting worse...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Ill. Nearly 300,000 free $10 restaurant gift certificates good at thousands of establishments nationwide were distributed among friends, family members and business associates during the first 12 days of a 30-day “Feed It Forward...
