Cost cutting is not the only reason full-service restaurant brands are racing to roll out express units.In addition to saving money on construction costs and labor, express versions also position brands to capture younger customers, who are...

INDIANAPOLIS Steak n Shake Co. and Western Sizzlin Corp., two restaurant companies led by one-time activist investor Sardar Biglari, plan to merge, with Western Sizzlin set to become a subsidiary of Steak n Shake, the companies said Thursday. The...

HOUSTON JCS Holdings Inc., parent of the 113-unit Joe's Crab Shack chain, said Thursday it had changed its name to Ignite Restaurant Group. The name change comes as the company plans to open a fourth unit this fall of its new Brick House Tavern +...

SCOTTSDALE Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to lend $10 million to Fox Restaurant Concepts to develop more units of Fox’s True Food Kitchen, a health-oriented eatery that opened late last year in Phoenix.Terms of...

John Knapp, president of the Food Bank of Southern California, is frustrated by both the growing ranks of hungry families that need his organization’s services and the tons of prepared restaurant foods regularly sent to landfills instead of the...

BATON ROUGE La. Copeland’s of New Orleans is rolling out a new prototype intended to reduce construction costs and give franchisees greater flexibility in site selection, the company said Thursday.The first such unit was unveiled here in March...