CHARLOTTE N.C. —The power of prevention was repeatedly lauded during the fourth annual Food Safety Symposium, held recently in this city. In presentations and...
Restaurant operators are shuffling to put Buffalo-flavored wings and other items on their menus as consumers clamor for tastes that are bold and spicy, but ultimately comforting and familiar. Several operators have...
MINNEAPOLIS Less than two months after taking the reins as president of the Women’s Foodservice Forum, Alice Murray last week resigned her position in what was described as a mutual decision with the organization to...
Names may have held little importance to Shakespeare, but then he wasn’t running a restaurant. When Juliet said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, the Bard made it clear that nomenclature was less...
CHICAGO Kids may be an increasingly desirable target market for restaurant operators, but most kids’ menus have not evolved with their changing food preferences, according to a new study by Mintel. In analyzing kids’...
CYPRESS Calif. Industry veterans Jeff Campbell and Craig S. Miller have joined the board of directors for Real Mex Restaurants Inc., which operates 189 Mexican casual-dining restaurants under several brands.The two...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. said Thursday that a KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Mass., is the company’s first to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification. ...
MIAMI Pollo Tropical, a 90-unit island-theme quick-service chain based here, said Thursday it was rolling out its Caribbean Chicken Fajitas to its locations in New Jersey, Staten Island, N.Y., and Hartford, Conn. ...
CHICAGO The recession is stalling starter sales, and forcing operators to rev up both the creativity and value perception of their appetizers, according to Technomic Inc. In the past two years the number of...
