PORT WASHINGTON N.Y. Deals, all kinds of deals, from price discounts, free items, dollar offerings or smaller portions at lower prices, are what today’s — and tomorrow’s — consumers are craving. An online consumer study by The NPD Group conducted...
ATLANTA Stevi B’s has focused inward in an effort to combat the prolonged recession outside the walls of its restaurants. —Pizza-buffet brand But rather than adopt a bunker mentality, the...
Steve Romaniello, managing director at Roark Capital Group and chairman of Focus Brands, is eager to get a center-of-the-plate concept into the private-equity firm’s portfolio.After securing $1 billion for Roark’s second institutional fund last...
As the recession lingers, the types of deals prompting consumers to eat out at restaurants are changing, according to new data from The NPD Group.Once content to nab a fast-food double cheeseburger for a dollar, a daily special at a discount or a...
When it comes to rooms with a view, diners who make their reservations online have strong opinions about which restaurants are best.OpenTable Inc., the San Francisco-based company that provides online reservation services for more than 11,000...
Just as the restaurant industry found during the tech boom of the late 1990s, the Internet continues to bring as much peril as it does promise.While the current growth of social media has provided companies large and small with cheap, effective...
