You may not agree with this, but Jack Benny was the greatest comedian of all time.He didn’t have to say anything to make people laugh. All he had to do was walk across the stage in that loping manner of his or stare at the camera with his...
ST. LOUIS Mo. The 1,945-unit Hardee’s quick-service chain is trying cell-phone-delivered coupons in Indianapolis and St. Louis in a bid to boost traffic without the usual promotional costs. Consumers can access digital buy-one-get-one-free...
TAMPA Fla. OSI Restaurant Partners, which operates or franchises 1,429 restaurants under eight brands, reported negative sales trends at four of its concepts, including a 1.3-percent drop in systemwide same-store sales at its flagship Outback...
NATIONAL REPORT Restaurant industry bellwethers reported negative same-store sales trends for February, blaming the severe weather experienced in much of the country for their chilled sales. Applebee's International Inc., CBRL Group Inc...
ST. LOUIS Mo. The 1,945-unit Hardee’s quick-service chain is trying cell-phone-delivered coupons in Indianapolis and St. Louis in a bid to boost traffic without the usual promotional costs. Consumers can access digital buy-one-get-one-free...
MANHATTAN BEACH Calif. Brian Tademy has been appointed vice president of marketing and Larry Hohl has been named vice president of operations for smoothie franchising company Robeks Corp. Tademy was previously field marketing director for a...
Reports about the decline of traditional radio as an effective advertising medium have not been greatly exaggerated. The news just hasn’t reached the restaurant industry, which still considers radio alive and kicking.Overall radio revenue was flat...
NEW YORK Marble Slab Creamery Inc., a 336-unit system, and MaggieMoo’s International LLC, whose franchise system has 184 units, to consolidate the No. 2 and No. 3 brands, respectively, in the premium hand-dipped ice cream category under one owner...
