SEATTLE —Sinking the hopes of anyone who wanted to believe that billboards recently pulled from Elliott Bay could have been remnants of a decades-old submarine advertising scheme by eccentric...
EMERYVILLE Calif. Jamba Juice’s ongoing refranchising plan has tapped into the smoothie chain’s roots with the announcement Thursday that one of the brand's original partners has acquired eight units in California.Linda Olds, one of the four co...
NEW YORK While small business lending, or the lack thereof, remains a hot topic in Washington and beyond, two national restaurant lenders have detailed deals totaling millions of dollars for McDonald’s and Wendy’s franchisees, as well as the...
ATLANTA The 360-unit Pretzelmaker chain is offering a pumpkin spice pretzel for the fall, parent company NexCen Brands Inc. said Monday. The new pretzel is topped with a crunchy pumpkin spice blend and drizzled with caramel sauce, which can also...
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 his 104-seat Corky’s Bar-B-Q...
DALLAS Facebook and Twitter, are changing the rules of business, said participants in a discussion on communication strategies during the 50th annual Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference. ...
MINNEAPOLIS —In what is seen as a leading indicator of an economic recovery, teens in households with an average income of $75,000 are spending more at restaurants for the first time since the start of the recession, according to an...
In these tough times, consumers are slashing their budgets and learning to do without—a strategy that likely will keep many Americans afloat until the economy recovers...
Max & Erma’s, a 106-unit casual-dining chain in the Midwest, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure its debt, part of which is guaranteed by sister company Damon’s Grill, a 50-unit barbeque chain...
