As restaurateurs nationwide search for ways to reduce costs in today’s inflationary environment, some are learning that a penny saved also can mean a few dollars lost when customers retaliate.Some operators who’ve...
ATLANTA Daryl Dollinger has succeeded Stephen M. LaMastra as president of Raving Brands in an executive shake-up that included the departure of at least five other high-level officials, the multiconcept quick-service...
Agrowing number of quick-service and fast-casual operators, looking to push guest counts up, are offering customers more opportunities to sit down.Schlotzsky’s, Papa John’s Pizza, Ruby Tuesday’s formerly fast-casual...
Shawna Herrick, a server for the past seven years at the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar in St. Petersburg, Fla., is working as many hours as she always has but is bringing home a lot less money. ...
MIAMI Burger King last month joined Yum! Brands Inc. and McDonald’s Corp. in agreeing to pay an extra penny per pound for tomatoes grown in Florida. —After a...
Already feeling the pain of escalating food, labor and other costs, operators now are struggling with how best to address the fuel surcharges increasingly tacked onto deliveries as diesel prices shoot skyward...
There are few people in Atlanta or the restaurant industry who haven’t heard of Pano Karatassos and his growing restaurant empire, Buck-head Life Restaurant Group.John Mariani, Esquire magazine’s restaurant critic for...
Because extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, some operators in the Southeast are straying from business as usual in an effort to keep customer visits on track.From operational changes, such as the...
American Grocery Restaurant732 S. Main St. (864) 232-7665. www.americangr.com.Seats: 55.Cuisine: American seasonal sourced from local farms and other artisan producers...
