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Alberto Gonzalez has put his money where his mouth is—literally. The former financier opened GustOrganics, an organic restaurant, in New York’s West Village, in January as part of a personal mission to help bring the organic...

In good times operators focus solely on sales building and tend to overlook the industry’s endemic root problems and dependencies, like the cost of labor, yields, throughput and turnover.As the old saying goes, “Volume can hide a multitude of sins...

ALBUQUERQUE N.M. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit here Monday against a McDonald’s franchise that had been recognized as a leading female-owned business in New Mexico. The suit, filed in...

DALLAS Pizza Hut has begun airing a national Spanish-language TV spot for its Tuscani Pastas featuring real people captured on hidden cameras who are surprised by the quality of the new dishes. The spot, titled “Cooking Show,” was shot in...

ATLANTA Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits said Monday that it has named Omnicom Group’s GSD&M Idea City its new national creative ad agency of record. The Austin, Texas-based agency, which replaces incumbent Fogarty Klein Monroe of Houston, will...

ANN ARBOR Mich. Domino’s Pizza plans to get some sales help from Batman this summer with a tie-in to “The Dark Knight,” the latest movie featuring the comic book superhero. Promotional efforts that begin today include the launch of a new...

TAMPA Fla. Sam Seltzer’s Steakhouses of America Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, obtaining a $1 million credit line to support it during its restructuring. The nine-unit operator said in filings that it was forced to seek...