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CHICAGO —The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association has launched a search to find the successor to longtime president and chief executive Michael J Licata. Licata announced...
I’ve got a bone to pick with some local lawmakers, especially with one in particular. After years of advocating hands-off deregulation on a number of fronts, politicians have been making a case for more government control of the free market—and I...
The contemporary flair of the food at CityVu Bistro seems right at home amid the ultramodern furnishings and design of the 56-room CityFlats boutique hotel in Holland, Mich.The hotel, owned by a local design and furniture manufacturing firm...
Behavioral assessment tools helped Bravo! Development Inc., the Columbus, Ohio-based parent of three Italian restaurant brands, save an estimated $5.5 million in hourly and management turnover costs. Now the company is using...
JOLIET Ill. A Denny’s franchisee here is building what is described as the first unit in the family restaurant chain to qualify for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, a distinction for what many describe as a “green...
NORCROSS Ga. A franchisee of the 138-unit Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed four of its Atlanta-area stores. Norcross-based Greater Atlanta Bar-B-Q LLC made its bankruptcy filing last Thursday in...
ATLANTA Triarc Cos. Inc.’s long pursuit of Wendy’s International Inc. officially ended today with the consummation of a $2.34 billion stock swap and merger. The deal forms a new publicly traded company called Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc., operator or...
ST. LOUIS Hardee's said it has rolled out a smaller and cheaper version of its popular Thickburger in an effort to appeal to customers who are cutting back. The $1.99 Little Thickburger is made with a quarter-pound Black Angus beef patty...
ANN ARBOR Mich. Domino’s Pizza is taking a swipe at Subway and its famous ad spokesman in a promotion that will award a free Oven Baked Sandwich to consumers named Jared. The first 1,000 consumers with that name who contact...
Marc Schulman has not forgotten his formative years growing up in the restaurant owned by his parents, Eli and Esther Schulman, longtime operators of Eli’s The Place for Steak in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. Working in that restaurant...
