Sarah E. Lockyer

While the foodservice industry and the U.S. economy in general remain under clouds of uncertainty, some pundits and operators are beginning to see faint rays of sunshine on the far horizon, although most are wary of...

Seeming to anxious operators like sharks in treacherous seas, lenders are circling the waters of corporate debt as highly leveraged restaurant companies try to look less like prey while their sales are sinking.Already...

LOUISVILLE KY. —Yum! Brands Inc. has outlined “dramatic change” for its domestic business that would include yet another attempt to find a following for non-fried...

MIAMI Burger King is proving that it’s possible to beat the odds. —Call it a whopper of a revelation: Despite a slowdown in consumer spending that is starting to...

WASHINGTON —Consumer rebates in the pending $150 billion federal economic stimulus package could jolt the U.S. economy like a double espresso, then quickly leave...

Prices aren’t the only numbers dropping in quick service. While more and more items get placed onto value menus and 99-cent burgers figure in more ad campaigns, many of the segment’s largest players also are slashing...

DANA POINT CALIF —Humble pie was served plentifully last month as many publicly traded restaurant companies slashed earnings forecasts, predicted sagging same-store...

There are a lot of ways to describe a 50-year tenure in the industry. For IHOP, the journey can be best measured in the growth from one location to 1,344 units, and annual servings of more than 700 million pancakes, 1...