Sales have grown 36 percent during the past four years at Baker Bros., and to maintain that pace and keep customer traffic up, the 16-unit fast-casual deli chain is trying something it’s never done: e-mail marketing. Dallas...
As cash-strapped diners clamor for meal deals, they still crave quality, so restaurant chains intent on proving their products’ superiority are promoting the results of taste tests in new marketing campaigns.Dunkin’ Donuts is touting the taste of...
ORLANDO Fla. —Red Lobster, in a bid to heat up sales gone cold and spark customer interest, has installed wood-fire grills in all of its 680 units, part of an ongoing plan to boost the chain’s number...
Football has played a major role in the life of Peter Cancro, founder and chief executive of Jersey Mike’s Subs, based in Manasquan, N.J. From Pop Warner leagues to playing for his high school team, the sport and the coaches he encountered...
Over the past decade or so, much has been made in the Scottish whisky market of special wood finishes, using everything from sherry wood to Sauternes wood in a sort of “second aging” of the spirit. What is less discussed, however, is the wood in...
LOS ANGELES —With financial backing harder to come by in today’s tough economy, restaurant deal makers here say the flow of new restaurants may slow to a trickle. For now, however, Los Angeles...
NEW YORK —Restaurants use five times more energy and water than other commercial buildings, so they have a unique responsibility to make good ecological decisions, said a group of restaurateurs...
DALLAS Pizza Patrón, the 82-unit pizza brand aimed at the Latino market, has signed an agreement with Latitude Partners Florida LLC to develop a dozen units in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas. Daniel Feldsberg, a spokesman for Latitude...
LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC has signed its first-ever sponsorship agreement with the National Football League to become the “Official Wing Sponsor” of this year’s NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl XLIII in February. The sponsorship includes rights to...
At 2 a.m. on a Saturday in September in Louisville, Ky., Park Place on Main executive chef Jay Denham was in a farm field wood-smoking a 220-pound hog. The product of a Maysville, Ky., farm, Denham is no stranger to all-night...
