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Mark Brandau

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Restaurant chains ready for March Madness
Restaurant chains ready for March Madness
Mar 17, 2010
March Madness, the annual hoopla surrounding the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, may be a well-publicized drain on workplace productivity, but don’t tell that to the millions of restaurant industry employees ready...
Breakfast competition perks up as sales slow
Breakfast competition perks up as sales slow
Mar 12, 2010
CHICAGO Even though breakfast traffic has not fully recovered from declines brought on by high unemployment, new research shows that the morning meal is still an important daypart for restaurants. Chicago-based...
Domino’s do-over
Domino’s do-over
Mar 08, 2010
It didn’t have the Tiger Woods scandal’s sex appeal or the corporate comeuppance of Toyota’s recall, but Domino’s Pizza’s mea culpa came at a time when Americans were getting attuned to and cynical of the public...
Checking in with Tristan Walker of Foursquare
Checking in with Tristan Walker of Foursquare
Mar 08, 2010
Restaurant owners worried that they can’t keep up with the proliferation of new location-based social-media platforms need not despair. Those applications are set up to complement restaurants’ current social-media and...
McDonald's posts positive sales in Feb.
Mar 08, 2010
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s Corp. regained some of its same-store sales momentum in February, as its Olympic-theme promotions helped offset weather-related sales softness in the United States while the company’s...
Turn on, check in, eat out
Turn on, check in, eat out
Mar 08, 2010
Check out what your customers are using to “check in.”Location-based social media, led by the buzz-generating platform Foursquare and the Gowalla application for Android-powered smart phones, as well as Urban Spoon...
Red Robin agrees to look for new CEO
Mar 05, 2010
GREENWOOD VILLAGE Colo. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. is looking for a new chief executive to replace Dennis Mullen under a deal struck with activist investors, according to a securities filing by the restaurant...
Famous Dave's swings to profit in 4Q
Mar 04, 2010
MINNETONKA Minn. Famous Dave’s of America said effective promotions and operational execution helped improve results in the fourth quarter and full fiscal 2009.The operator or franchisor of the 176-unit Famous Dave’s...
Morton's 4Q loss grows on charges, slow sales
Mar 04, 2010
CHICAGO Morton’s Restaurant Group reported a wider net loss in the fourth quarter on impairment charges and declining sales at its high-end steakhouse chain. For the Jan. 3-ended quarter, Morton's recorded a net loss...
Groupon hit with lawsuit
Mar 03, 2010
CHICAGO Online coupon provider Groupon, in response to a lawsuit alleging that it “systematically deceives its customers,” is striking back with its own class-action suit -- against itself. The real class-action...
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