MEMPHIS Tenn. The largest franchisee of the Captain D’s quick-service seafood chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, said a spokeswoman for the company, Serve Holdings LLC. The Memphis-based company’s largest creditor...
Advertising characters and icons are so prevalent in American culture that they sometimes transcend the companies they were created to represent. For instance, last fall ABC debuted “Cavemen,” a sitcom based on the Neanderthal-like ad characters...
Matt Shay has been president of the International Franchise Association since 2005, but his tenure with the Washington, D.C.-based group goes back to 1993 when he joined the IFA’s government affairs department. Shay, an attorney by training...
DALLAS Paciugo Italian Gelato is starting to franchise at the best of times or the worst of times. —Time will tell if With a widely anticipated recession expected to dampen the U.S. economy at...
GRAND RAPIDS Mich. A group representing 90 Dairy Queen franchisees in Michigan has sued franchisor American Dairy Queen over a requirement that they convert their stores to either a DQ Grill & Chill or a DQ/Orange Julius format as a condition of...
CANTON Mass. Will Kussell has been named president and chief brand officer of Dunkin’ Donuts and Srinivas Kumar has been appointed chief brand officer of Baskin-Robbins in a realignment of the brands’ parent company, Dunkin’ Brands Inc. ...
PLANO Texas Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern, the 310-unit division of Metromedia Restaurant Group here, has launched two online marketing initiatives in the ramp-up to St. Patrick’s Day, one of the chain’s busiest days. Bennigan’s...
CINCINNATI Frisch’s Restaurants Inc. reported Tuesday that higher food costs and soft sales, particularly within its Golden Corral buffets, lowered the company’s net earnings for the second quarter ended Dec. 11 by 22.8 percent, to $2.2 million...
