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DUBLIN Ohio Wendy's has started topping its salads with warm, sliced chicken, company officials said Monday. The warm fillets replace the cold, diced chicken that had been served on the chain's salads. Customers also will have a choice of...
TAMPA Fla. A bankrupt Church's Chicken franchisee here is reportedly auctioning off its 15 restaurants, as well as the assets of three shuttered units, to repay the nearly $6 million it owes to creditors. Quick Service Foods filed for Chapter 11...
CARY N.C. Smithfield’s Chicken ’N Bar-B-Q has named Holy Cow Branding Inc. its agency of record. Holy Cow, a strategic branding agency, will be responsible for managing all of Smithfield’s marketing efforts. Smithfield’s is a 34-unit chain...
ATLANTA The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday that investigators are broadening their hunt for the source of the salmonella outbreak to include fresh produce other than tomatoes. But officials would neither confirm nor...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Cold Stone Creamery has added three ice creams that are inspired by its popular Cake Batter flavor, the 1,400-unit treat chain said. The new flavors are Chocolate Cake Batter, Blueberry Muffin Batter and Cookie Batter. As...
AUSTIN Texas Norman Abdallah said he is stepping down as chief executive of Fired Up Inc. here, the parent to the 150-unit Carino’s Italian Grill chain, to join the Egyptian-based Amer International, a longtime licensee of the concept. ...
DALLAS A Texas woman who confessed to stealing the identities of 78 people while working in restaurants and a retirement community has been sentenced to 38 years in prison. Furnioes Giddings Parker, 42, of Duncanville, Texas, admitted in a...
HARRISON N.Y. Zane Tankel, the chief executive and founder of Apple-Metro Inc., one of Applebee's largest franchisees, was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Metro New York region. Tankel, whose company operates 25...
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has hired McDonald’s veteran Cindy Bay as its new senior vice president of company store operations, the company said Wednesday. Bay most recently was vice president of operations for McDonald...
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association is co-sponsoring an inter-industry summit to address growing concerns about the safety of imported foods. The Import Safety Summit will examine best practices and ways to improve the safety of...
