Sarah E. Lockyer

CARLSBAD, Calif. The stock price for Rubio’s Restaurants Inc. rose 29 percent Thursday following the company’s announcement a day earlier that it received an $80 million buyout offer.After reaching a new 52-week high...

MINNEAPOLIS Restaurant brands with a value message are gaining teen market share, according to a new study from Piper Jaffray & Co. Regardless of how much teens spend, the perception of value is growing more important...

CARLSBAD Calif. Rubio’s Restaurants Inc., the parent company to the 195-unit Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill chain, said late Wednesday it received an unsolicited letter from an investor group proposing an $80 million...

ANN ARBOR Mich. Domino’s Pizza Inc. reported Tuesday a 77-percent surge in third-quarter net income despite a slowdown in sales, as a lower amount of debt, cost-cutting measures and a tax benefit drove the bottom line...

Casual-dining companies this week continued to highlight cost-saving initiatives that drove profits even as sales remained soft, leading observers to believe a much-hoped-for sales recovery is not in the cards this...

LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc., fresh on reporting an 18-percent, year-to-year jump in third-quarter profit on the strength of its overseas operations, said the current fourth quarter will be particularly hard for...