ATLANTA AFC Enterprises Inc., parent of the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen chain, said the success of several value meal promotions in the first quarter led to a return to positive global same-store sales for the first...
LEBANON Tenn. Citing the use of better cost controls, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., parent of the 588-unit Cracker Barrel family-dining chain, reported Wednesday a 14-percent profit increase for the third...
BOSTON Two high-end restaurants located in luxury hotels in Boston are the latest casualties of the economic crisis currently gripping the country. The upscale Great Bay seafood restaurant at...
LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC officials said there are no plans to offer halal meat at U.S. stores despite a widely publicized test currently under way at eight of the quick-service chain’s restaurants in London. The test...
Operators are learning that giveaways can carry hefty price tags.While slashed prices and freebies can help to promote new food items and reignite brand awareness, they also can lead to operational nightmares that...
RALEIGH N.C. North Carolina restaurateurs are embracing the state’s new smoking ban as “the best compromise we could have hoped for” because it covers all restaurants and bars. The measure also allows for smoking on...
CHARLOTTE N.C. Jerry Richardson, majority owner of Bojangles Holdings, parent of the 426-unit fast-food chicken chain, and owner of the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers, is continuing to recover after...
SOUTHLAND Mich. —U.S. chain restaurants are four times more likely to fail this year than they were a year ago, and as many as 40 percent of them could face cash flow...
NEW YORK The deadline to submit proposals to take over the contract for Tavern on the Green came and went Monday, and the field of prospective bidders was winnowed from the original 150 to only a few serious...
