CALABASAS HILLS Calif. The Cheesecake Factory Inc.’s chairman and chief executive, David Overton, and other current and former executives and board members have agreed to repay a total of $940,000 to the company to settle a shareholder lawsuit...

DUBLIN Ohio California Pizza Kitchen investor Farallon Capital Management LLC and its affiliates have amassed a 6.2-percent stake in Wendy’s International Inc., according to securities filings. The documents indicate that the San Francisco...

GLENDALE Calif. IHOP Corp.’s purchase of Applebee’s last November led to a loss for the pancake specialist’s latest quarter and year, but company officials on Wednesday predicted more positive results for 2008 as the newly acquired brand moves to...

LEBANON Tenn. Shares of Cracker Barrel parent CBRL Group Inc. surged Tuesday as the company reiterated that full-year, per-share profit expectations should come in above Wall Street estimates and that annual same-store sales for the company’s...

INDIANAPOLIS Ahead of Steak n Shake Co.’s annual shareholder meeting on March 7, a proxy advisory firm recommended on Tuesday that the restaurant company’s shareholders nominate two dissident investors, including activist Sardar Biglari, to the...

SPARTANBURG S.C. After breaking a new ad campaign that blasts quick-service breakfasts as “fake,” Denny’s is rolling out what it’s touting as three “real” breakfasts, each priced at $5.99. Available through March, the new choices also are...

INDIANAPOLIS Steak n Shake Co. said late Thursday that it would not seek a sale of the company and instead would focus its efforts on a turnaround of the struggling 490-unit chain. Initiatives to drive sales at the family-dining chain...

DALLAS Ending weeks of speculation, Dave & Buster’s Inc. confirmed that it is considering a sale. The operator of 49 large-box entertainment/dining complexes said it had retained Jefferies & Co. Inc. to assist in exploring a possible sale...

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