SANDY Utah A Little Caesars franchisee here no longer employs 14- and 15-year-olds after paying $110,800 this year in civil penalties to settle child labor violations. Joe Johnson, owner of Caesars Utah, which operates 50 Little Caesars in...
TV advertising is a mass-marketing tactic that the largest national restaurant chains use to raise brand awareness and boost sales. It’s also a tool that a chain with a handful of units can employ in a small market to achieve the same goal. ...
LEAWOOD KAN. —Other casual-dining chains have offered value-priced meals to boost traffic and sales, but Houlihan’s Restaurants is reinforcing the image of its bar as a destination spot with the...
DESOTO KAN. Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas chain is paying to upgrade its franchisees’ point-of-sale systems. —Seeking standardized technology that supports delivery, catering, and the capture...
DEERFIELD, Ill. Citing “strong growth” in franchise fees and royalties, as well as “positive traction” in its same-store sales, Cosi Inc. posted a 12.4-percent year-to-year jump in total revenue for its second quarter to $36.5 million. ...
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s Corp. plans to change the way it advertises Happy Meals to children aged 12 and younger as part of an initiative by 11 major food marketers to head off potential government regulation of their marketing practices. ...
When consumers aren’t asleep or deciding where to eat, the odds are they’re watching TV, using the Internet, listening to traditional or satellite radio, reading a magazine, or checking their e-mail, because media use is “the biggest single...
Dan Dahlen knows more than just a little about creating effective advertising. When he was the worldwide Subway account director at Publicis & Hal Riney in Chicago, he saw Jared Fogle in a “wacky diets” story in a men’s health...
ST. LOUIS The opening of 39 bakery-cafes and an uptick in same-store sales contributed to a 28 percent gain in second-quarter revenues for Panera Bread Co., operator or franchisor of more than 1,030 fast-casual restaurants. The company...
