Togo’s Sandwiches hasn’t opted out of the discount wars. To compete against Subway’s $5 foot-longs and Quiznos’ $4 Toasty Torpedoes, Togo’s developed its own value-focused deals, such as $3.99 daily specials on 6-inch...
CHICAGO Hurt by rising unemployment rates and a drop in food prices at supermarkets, which can encourage consumers to eat at home, restaurant industry sales and traffic fell in every segment this summer, according to...
Entrepreneurs always are looking for the next million-dollar idea, but restaurateur Michael Attias got his idea for a new business from a million dollars. When Attias grew catering sales to seven figures at...
LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC was looking to grow its “Grilled Nation” roster of consumers who have tried its Kentucky Grilled Chicken with a third national giveaway on Monday, but faced competition from rivals Boston Market...
OAK BROOK Ill. After posting another quarter of positive sales trends and profit growth, McDonald’s Corp. said October could be the month when its momentum finally falters in the face of the U.S. recession. Chief...
ATLANTA Michael J. Coles, the founder of Great American Cookie Co. and the former chief executive of Caribou Coffee, has become a franchisee of Boardwalk Fresh Burgers and Fries, a six-unit fast-casual chain based in...
OAK BROOK Ill. —Video may have killed the radio star, as the song goes, but reality TV killed—or at least seriously maimed—the music video, relegating the art form to...
NEW YORK The economy has played a starring role in many recent restaurant advertisements, but a new poll finds that marketers should be careful in how they call attention to the recession in their campaigns. In a...
ATLANTA Huddle House, based here, turned 45 years old this year and celebrated by launching a sleek new logo and several social-media profiles. —But the new look...
Vijay Puniani invested $500,000 of his own money and several years of sleepless nights developing Chutney Joe’s, his fast-casual Indian restaurant in Chicago’s South Loop. The eight-month-old concept...
