As high-end steakhouse chains drive a herd of value-meal deals into the market-place to cope with recession-trimmed traffic counts, their executives are keeping a watchful eye on preventing check-average erosion and the tarnishing of the high-end...
Dan Stone, director of franchise sales at The Melting Pot, a 140-unit-plus casual-dining chain, had spent months courting national lender CIT Group to garner preferential treatment for the fondue chain’s franchisees. He wrote...
Taco Bell’s two-minute TV commercial that aired during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game qualifies as an advertising blockbuster, and chain officials credit the decision to premiere a 60-second version in movie theaters as critical to the...
Everyone seems flummoxed by Twitter. While I don’t profess to understand the psychology behind it, I admit I’m addicted to the mini-blogging service, which limits posts to 140 characters.And I’m not alone.I’m joined by thousands of mobile food...
DALLAS Brinker International Inc. on Thursday reported weak sales at its three casual-dining brands, including flagship Chili’s Grill & Bar, during the fourth quarter and predicted that same-store sales would continue to decline in the new fiscal...
Brad Laughner of Buffalo Wild Wings knew the brand had hit on something good when he recently saw a woman camped out in front of a soon-to-open store near Kansas City, Mo., in the middle of the night. She was waiting with about...
When I’m not writing a monthly column for readers of Nation’s Restaurant News and NRN.com , I have a day job designing leadership, sales-building and...
