CARROLLTON Texas Carlson Restaurants Worldwide Inc. has appointed Craig Cunningham to the newly created position of vice president of brand marketing for T.G.I. Friday’s USA. He will report to Andrew Jordan, Friday's senior vice president...
ORLANDO Fla. Acknowledging that the casual-dining market has softened more than it anticipated, Darden Restaurants Inc. said Wednesday that its casual-dining brands are adjusting in the short term by couponing, tweaking prices and marketing more...
SALT LAKE CITY The Slaymaker Group, a franchisee of T.G.I. Friday’s and parent of the Winger’s Grill & Bar chicken-wing concept, has named Scott Slaymaker chief executive as part of a management realignment. The changes follow the death in late...
ROSEMONT Ill. In a forecast that doesn’t yet reflect this week’s market turmoil and what it could mean for the economy, the foodservice industry is not expected to show any significant strengthening until the second half of 2009, according to new...
HOUSTON Restaurant companies with a presence in south Texas are alerting investors to the damage done last weekend by Hurricane Ike, with several chains reporting that stores are still closed and could be boarded up for some time. Among...
LEBANON Tenn. Shares in CBRL Group Inc. jumped 12 percent Tuesday as the parent of the 577-unit Cracker Barrel chain gave an upbeat forecast for the current year, including positive same-store sales projections that will be driven by new lunch and...
At a time of unprecedented challenges for casual-dining contenders, Tetsuya Emura believes he has found a niche with the potential to avert common pitfalls of the sit-down-dining sector.Emura is the founder of Tokyo Table, a moderately priced...
BOSTON Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp. said Monday that discussions with the company’s bondholders surrounding a potential refinancing have ended, and that it has paid on time the formerly withheld interest payment on its bonds. Last month...
