LOS ANGELES Chipotle Mexican Grill was the only multiple-category winner at the 2007 Eat & Ear Awards for excellence in television and radio advertising held Oct. 1 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel here. ...

MARYVILLE TENN. Ruby Tuesday Inc. is adding a new tactic: value. In addition, the company revealed it had purchased a controlling interest in a single-unit, fast-casual concept, Wok Hay Fresh Asian Diner, for research purposes and possible...

LOS ANGELES —Speaking directly to MUFSO 2007’s “Fire Up Your Brand” theme, corporate-branding analyst and consultant James Gregory summed up his advice to chain leaders at the conference by stressing that foodservice brands can best be...

Even as more casual-dining chains dress up their restaurants and menus to lure greater numbers of affluent customers, votes are still out as to whether the strategy works. While such chains as Ruby Tuesday, O’Charley’s, The Cheesecake...

If you’re funny, people will like you and remember you.I don’t know whether that applies to human beings, but it does to commercials. Of the top five most-recalled and top five most-liked new TV spots for restaurant chains that broke during the...

MARYVILLE Tenn. Ruby Tuesday Inc. has purchased a controlling interest in a single-unit, fast-casual concept called Wok Hay Fresh Asian Diner, the casual-dining company revealed Thursday in its latest quarterly securities filing. The $1...

Vacant stores, empty restaurants and desolate parking lots—that’s the fate that has befallen many older shopping malls in suburban areas that have been eclipsed by the advent of “lifestyle centers,” often resembling idyllic, small downtowns, with...