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To manage expansion opportunities, Larry Kurofsky and his wife and partner, Tabitha, operators of three Purple Cafe & Wine Bar locations in the Greater Puget Sound Area, recently created with key associates Heavy Restaurant Group...
ANN ARBOR MICH. —Franchisees seeking growth capital from lenders may see new faces across the negotiation table: their franchisors. As banks, lending institutions and credit companies continue...
WASHINGTON —The widening global economic crisis intensified by a fiercely contested U.S. presidential election dominated the discourse at the 49th annual Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators onference...
As Paul Conforti tells it, when he and his partner Kim Moore opened the first Finale Restaurant in Boston in 1998, the only place you could get a plated dessert was in a fine-dining restaurant or a fancy hotel. “We just didn’t...
NEW YORK —Though nearly 700 citations have been issued to chain restaurants here for alleged violations of the city’s new calorie-posting regulation, health department officials say they are largely...
If MTV opened a juice concept, it would probably be a lot like Dlush Beverage Joint, says founder Jeff Adler, whose title of CEO doesn’t stand for chief executive, but rather chief empowerment officer. Adler’s goal is to empower...
GLENDALE Calif. Increased interest expenses from the year-ago purchase of Applebee’s International Inc. widened the losses of franchisor DineEquity Inc. for the third quarter to $16.4 million, or 98 cents per share, the company reported Monday...
SEATTLE In a move to reduce its ecological footprint, Starbucks Corp. on Monday said all of its cups would be reusable or recyclable by 2015. The goal is one of 13 environmentally focused initiatives under the “Shared Planet” program...
FALCONER N.Y. A family restaurant in upstate New York has sued a group of egg producers for allegedly conspiring to jack up prices. The suit, filed in a Philadelphia federal court, is seeking class-action status, which would allow other...
ATLANTA The Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen chain is introducing a sandwich and a bowl meal in what officials describe as the next phase of the brand’s repositioning from a fried chicken specialist to a broad-menu quick-service option. The...
