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OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s Corp. disclosed details on Wednesday of its marketing tie-ins with the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which range from new TV commercials to the opening of four restaurants at Olympic venues. In addition, McDonald’s...
LAKE FOREST Calif. Del Taco announced the promotion of two executives on Tuesday. Steve Brake has been named vice president, treasurer and controller, and Pete Honer has been named vice president of business insights and planning. ...
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. A 23-year-old North Carolina man who reportedly has multiple aliases and legal troubles is said to be behind the $7.25-per-share buyout offer made Sunday to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. The Winston-Salem Journal reported...
SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. on Tuesday announced that it planned to close 600 domestic company stores, which is 500 more than the coffeehouse giant had previously targeted for closure. Officials also said the company would cut back further on new...
HARTFORD Conn. Restaurant employees are expected to be among the participants in a new health insurance program that Connecticut is launching this week in hopes of extending coverage to all residents. Gov. M. Jodi Rell hailed it as the first in...
GLENDALE Calif. Applebee’s parent DineEquity Inc. has completed the sale of 26 company-owned restaurants to Southern California franchisee Apple American Group LLC for an estimated $27 million in after-tax cash that will be applied toward the...
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. reportedly received on Sunday night a $500 million unsolicited, and some say questionable, buyout offer from a private-equity group. The news sent Krispy Kreme’s stock surging as high as 12 percent on...
LEBANON Tenn. CBRL Group Inc., operator of the 577-unit Cracker Barrel Old Country Store chain, on Tuesday reduced its full-year profit and revenue guidance and said June same-store sales were below company expectations. Citing “continuing...
NEW YORK The July 1 deadline to eliminate trans fats from all prepared restaurant fare passed without notice at Manhattan’s Blue Water Grill. Executive chef Matt Hughes doesn’t fear getting slapped with a summons -- or a $2,000 non-compliance fine...
