GLENDALE Calif. IHOP Corp. may have to correct some franchise agreements granted after October 2000 because patents on certain of the franchisor’s trademarks have expired, the company disclosed Friday. The chain has also stopped offering...
Nearly everyone is familiar with the term “preventative maintenance.” It is the process of routinely inspecting and improving equipment and replacing worn or torn parts before the whole machine breaks down.The rationale is simple: Routine...
GLENDALE, Calif. IHOP Corp. may have to correct some franchise agreements granted after October 2000 because patents on certain of the franchisor’s trademarks have expired, the company disclosed Friday. The chain has also stopped offering...
GRAND RAPIDS Mich. Meritage Hospitality Group Inc., operator of about 50 franchised Wendy's quick-service restaurants and five O'Charley's casual-dining units, said Friday it settled a lawsuit filed last year against franchisor O'Charley's Inc...
MILFORD, CONN. —The Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust has named Jeffrey Whitney vice president of field marketing for the Americas. Whitney’s duties include increasing sales and forming...
On their way into a quarterly meeting in December, employees of Brinker International Inc. passed three luxury vehicles parked outside the corporate headquarters—a Hummer, a Mustang GT and a Cadillac CTS. Little did they know...
That Domino’s Pizza and Bob Evans Restaurants launched product promotions in January is not particularly earth-shaking news, but the fact that both involved the eBay auction website indicates that restaurant chains have found a way to...
Fish know how to talk, judging by a new campaign for Boston-based Legal Sea Foods.The campaign, the first work for the 34-unit chain by De/Vito Verdi of New York, includes two TV spots that are airing in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C....
DUBLIN Ohio Wendy’s International said it will add at least 10 new choices, including beverages unavailable at competing brands, to the menu of its namesake chain during 2007 as part of an updated plan to bolster the company’s financial...
Editor, NRN: It is rare for me to be moved to write regarding an article, but your cover story, “Unclear exit strategies cloud chains’ outlooks,” Jan. 8, hits at what I believe is the biggest obstacle facing franchising. We are at a generational...
