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DENVER Quiznos Sub said it has promoted chief administrative officer Clyde Rucker to the newly created post of chief operating officer. Rucker, who also was named executive vice president, will be responsible for field operations and...

CLEVELAND Officials at Darden Restaurants said the company would “vigorously defend” itself against a racial discrimination lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court here on behalf of black employees at a Bahama Breeze restaurant in Beachwood, Ohio...

WASHINGTON A senior adviser to Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., told a contingent of restaurateurs Wednesday that the frequent ally of organized labor would likely support employer accommodations in the card-check bill, a measure feared by the industry...

TAMPA Fla. Less than a month after filing for Chapter 11 reorganization and closing eight of its 23 branches, Shells Seafood Restaurants has asked the bankruptcy judge to convert the action to a Chapter 7 liquidation. Shells said in its...

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BATON ROUGE La. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the 70-unit quick-service chain, plans to move many of its corporate functions from here to a new support office in the Dallas area...

MIAMI Burger King is breaking a national TV and social-networking campaign on Facebook and MySpace today that plays off the Nov. 4 presidential election. BK says the campaign’s aim is to encourage its customers to vote.  The TV spot is a...

CORTE MADERA Calif. Il Fornaio (America) Corp. will open a second location of its high-end Canaletto Ristorante Veneto in November, at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif., officials announced Wednesday. Known for its 21 Il Fornaio...

CARPINTERIA Calif. Carl’s Jr. said it is parlaying its Guacamole Bacon Six Dollar Burger into a line of sandwiches by adding single and double guacamole-and-bacon-topped versions of its standard burgers. The single-patty Guacamole Bacon...