DALLAS Denny’s, a 1,500-unit family-dining chain based in Spartanburg. S.C., the focus is on developing dishes that diners can’t prepare at home, said Mark Chmiel, executive vice president and chief marketing and innovation officer, during ...
LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC said it would again hand out free pieces of its new Kentucky Grilled Chicken next Monday in a promotion dubbed "UNFry Day."More than 5,000 KFC restaurants are expected to participate in the Oct. 26 giveaway, in which customers...
CULVER CITY Calif. The Counter, a 20-unit build-your-own-burger franchise concept, has hired former Panera Bread executive Peter Wright in the newly created position of senior vice president of franchise sales, officials announced Tuesday.Wright...
BOSTON As casual-dining chains heavily promote traffic-driving, low-cost meal deals in the midst of a consumer spending slump, the average prices of dinner entrées, desserts and bar beverages have actually jumped this year, a new study released...
BALTIMORE Papa Bello Enterprises Inc., operator or franchisor to about 20 Papa Bello Pizza restaurants, said Tuesday it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Pastore’s of Rosedale Inc., a Baltimore-based restaurant, deli and bakery company with...
LOS ANGELES —The mobile vending craze is switching into a new gear: franchising. As consumers continue their infatuation with gourmet fare on wheels, some mobile vendors are working to roll...
OAK BROOK Ill. —Video may have killed the radio star, as the song goes, but reality TV killed—or at least seriously maimed—the music video, relegating the art form to only a few hours in the middle...
There are now three Shake Shacks in New York City and another on the way. The upscale quick-service concept is owned and operated by the Union Square Hospitality Group, or USHG, of which restaurant impresario Danny Meyer is chief executive. The...
BOSTON Most of the largest chains in the restaurant industry say 2010 commodity costs are likely to remain flat from 2009 levels, or rise only slightly, according to a new report from restaurant securities analyst Jeff Farmer at Jefferies & Co...
