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Pizza Hut franchisee buys 40 more stores
Feb 03, 2009
CHARLESTON S.C. JEM Restaurant Group, a franchisee of about 100 Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants, said Monday it has purchased 40 additional Pizza Hut units under a subsidiary, Southeastern Pizza Group LLC. ...
Yum posts 12% dip in 4Q profit
Feb 03, 2009
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. reported Tuesday a 12-percent drop in fourth-quarter profit as one-time charges for refranchising gains and the restructuring of its U.S. business negatively impacted the company’s...
Denny's: Grand Slam giveaway a hit
Denny's: Grand Slam giveaway a hit
Feb 03, 2009
Seeing a long line in the parking lot of one Denny’s in Aurora, Colo., Aaron Phelka and his friends Ricardo Morrison and Eric “Chipz” Jernigan went undeterred to another Denny’s location at the...
Restaurants suffered as spending dropped in late '08
Feb 01, 2009
As fourth-quarter earnings season begins this week with reports from Yum! Brands Inc. and others, more macroeconomic and industry-specific data reveal just how difficult the end of 2008 became for restaurant operators...
Get by with a little help from your friends
Get by with a little help from your friends
Jan 26, 2009
Community banks may be pulling back on funding, but communities themselves aren’t.Small-business owners and first-time restaurateurs facing unprecedented hurdles on the road to adequate funding are looking more at...
Gain goodwill with franchisees
Gain goodwill with franchisees
Jan 26, 2009
With the credit markets still in a deep freeze, some franchisors are stepping up to help franchisees secure needed growth capital so that brands can continue to grow and franchisor-franchisee relations can remain...
Technomic lowers outlook for '09 foodservice sales
Jan 25, 2009
CHICAGO Technomic Inc. revised downward its 2009 foodservice sales projections last week because of further contraction in the U.S. economy, a continued slowdown in consumer spending and accelerated job losses. ...
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