LAS VEGAS A franchisee of the 38-unit Buffalo’s Southwest Café chain has purchased franchisor Buffalo’s Franchise Concepts Inc. with plans of expanding its Buffalo’s Express fast-casual brand. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the...
CINCINNATI Frisch's Restaurants Inc., operator or franchisor of 118 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants and franchisee of 34 Golden Corral units, recorded a 66.9-percent surge in second-quarter profit, as increased sales and reduced food and payroll...
Shortly before the end of 2006, a Houlihan’s restaurant in the Convention Center District of Austin, Texas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and shuttered its doors after just six months in operation.The reasons, according to bankruptcy...
ATLANTA Planet Smoothie is preparing to put the nation’s ecology in the spotlight with the launch of a promotion encouraging eco-friendly behavior and healthful practices. — ...
ATLANTA —Planet Smoothie is preparing to put the nation’s ecology in the spotlight with the launch of a promotion encouraging eco-friendly behavior and healthful practices. Although a number of chains ranging from...
OKLAHOMA CITY Add Sonic Drive-Ins to the list of chain and independent restaurants that are betting on talent contest tie-ins to snag attention during the normally slow post-holiday season. With broadcasters fighting for viewers with...
OKLAHOMA CITY Add Sonic Drive-Ins to the list of chain and independent restaurants that are betting on talent contest tie-ins to snag attention during the normally slow post-holiday season. With broadcasters fighting for viewers with...
Able to drive the lane against his teenage grandsons while playing basketball at his Colorado vacation home, the 67-year-old franchisee of three budget steakhouses thought he was in great shape, financially and physically.The restaurateur, whom we...
EAU CLAIRE, WIS. —Erbert & Gerbert’s Subs & Clubs, based here, has picked Colle+McVoy of Minneapolis as its agency of record. The agency will be responsible for redesigning the chain’s in...
ARLINGTON, VA. —Red, Hot & Blue Restaurants Inc., operator or franchisor here of 33 sit-down barbecue restaurants, has been acquired by Dancing Pigs LLC, a Windermere, Fla.-based investment group...
