ATLANTA Moe’s Southwest Grill has launched a “Passport to Adventure” sweepstakes on www.moes.com featuring a game in which visitors build a virtual burrito for a chance to win prizes. Visitors to the site who register for Moe’s passports...

GLENDALE Calif. Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar parent DineEquity Inc. has completed the sale and leaseback of 181 locations in a transaction that generated about $296 million in after-tax cash proceeds, excluding about $5 million in...

BOSTON Multiconcept operator Lyons Group Ltd. is planning to use $5.8 million in newly secured financing to expand its roster of restaurants, according to one of the participants in the lending deal, GE Capital Solutions. Lyons’ 25...

CHINO HILLS Calif. Yard House Restaurants on Sunday opened a smaller and more streamlined “little sister” bar-and-grill variant to its namesake brand...

WASHINGTON Two units of a restaurant chain have been cited as the source for at least nine of the 228 instances of salmonella poisoning that officials have traced back to contaminated tomatoes. However, federal authorities would not reveal the...

MIAMI Benihana officials said last week that it was too early to gauge results of the Japanese chain’s new value-oriented promotion, but noted that the campaign would continue until Aug. 31. The multimedia marketing effort stresses value...

MEMPHIS Tenn. Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc. has promoted several of its executives, the operator of franchisor of more than 600 family restaurants said Monday. Pete Pascuzzi, most recently senior vice president for corporate restaurant...

HOUSTON Landry's Restaurants Inc. said today that it has accepted a $1.3 billion buyout offer from its chief executive and founder, Tilman J. Fertitta, who already owns 39 percent of the casual-dining, gaming and entertainment-venue company. ...