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NASHVILLE Tenn. Credit ratings for casual-dining company O’Charley’s Inc. were cut by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on the expectation of sales and profit declines for the remainder of the year, according to an S&P report released this month...
SAN FRANCISCO Borrowing a now-standard amenity of casual dining, the Boudin SF fast-casual chain said it has added curbside delivery service for breakfast and lunch as well as dinner. The announcement, issued Friday by the San Francisco...
ANN ARBOR Mich. Domino’s Pizza has named Russell J. Weiner chief marketing officer and executive vice president. He replaces Ken Calwell, who left the chain in May and recently was named chief marketing officer for Wendy’s. Weiner most...
IRVINE Calif. Taco Bell has brought back its “Feed the Beat” program for a third year to reward up and coming indie rock bands on tour with free late-night Fourthmeals. The chain plans to conduct a nationwide search for 100 bands, twice as...
LAKEWOOD Colo. Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. has agreed to pay up to $2.5 million to settle two wage-and-hour lawsuits by former employees of its bagel chains. In a filing Wednesday with securities regulators, Einstein Noah said the...
NEW YORK Nearly nine out of 10 New Yorkers favor their city’s menu-labeling mandate because they believe it helps them make better choices when dining out, according to a survey conducted last week by Technomic Inc. The Chicago-based foodservice...
LOCUST GROVE Okla. Country Cottage, a buffet restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma, remains closed as investigators try to identify what in the establishment may have been the source of an E. coli outbreak that killed a 26-year-old and sickened 206...
MINNEAPOLIS Granite City Food & Brewery said it has promoted Darius Gilanfar to chief operating officer. He replaces Tim Cary, who resigned. Gilanfar was hired last September to serve as operations senior vice president at the 25-unit...
TAMPA Fla. The state attorney general’s office has concluded its two-year investigation into the misrepresentation of fish as grouper by restaurants here, without saying what party had purposely mismarketed the seafood. Seventeen...
SEATTLE In a move likely to intensify the competition for breakfast patrons on the go, Starbucks is adding new morning food options while cutting the calorie and fat content of its basic beverage and bakery items. The new breakfast choices...
