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SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. has spent the past year attempting to revive traffic with new products and a renewed emphasis on coffee, but lapsed customers would be more likely to come back for lower prices, according to a survey of 2,500 coffee...
NEW YORK Four women who formerly worked at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone restaurant, a Times Square restaurant operated by The Riese Organization under a licensing deal with chef David Burke, have filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the owners...
ORLANDO Fla. Burger King Holdings Inc. said it would open its first Whopper Bar next spring at Universal CityWalk here. Burger King first announced the Whopper Bar concept in March and has described it as a smaller, hipper and more...
HOUSTON Landry's Restaurants Inc. said its chairman, president and chief executive, Tilman J. Fertitta, is negotiating to buy the company at a "substantially reduced price" from the $21 per share he offered in June. This marks the second time...
OAKVILLE Ontario Tim Hortons said it has inked a deal with the Tops Friendly Markets supermarket chain to pair 82 bakery-cafes and kiosks with full-sized and scaled-down Tops stores in upstate New York and northwest Pennsylvania by year-end. ...
LOS ANGELES California Pizza Kitchen Inc. maintained on Tuesday its profit expectations for the third quarter because of cost controls and a 7.4-percent revenue increase that would help alleviate a larger-than-expected drop in same-store sales. ...
NEW YORK Citing the ongoing economic crisis, 38 percent of New Yorkers say they are eating out less, according to the latest Zagat Survey for the city's restaurants. The survey, released Tuesday, indicated that diners also...
BERKELEY Calif. City officials in Berkeley, Calif., reportedly are cracking down on restaurant operators who host parties that exceed their property’s capacity. Following a string of overly crowded parties that culminated in street fights...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc., parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and other quick-service chains, reported a 4.4-percent increase in third-quarter net income as total revenue rose 10.6 percent to $2.84 billion on the strength of international...
Although the slowed economy has many operators shuttering units, a handful of Southeastern chains are bucking that trend and taking advantage of the depressed market’s cheaper labor and real estate. Fatz Cafe, Tijuana Flats, Brixx Wood...
