INDIANAPOLIS As the breakfast war heats up in the quick-service and full-service sectors, Steak n Shake is targeting on-the-go consumers with new breakfast sandwich combos and smoothies. The sandwiches feature scrambled eggs, cheese, and a...

SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Multiconcept operator Star Buffet Inc. here said it has purchased four more Barnhill’s Buffet restaurants, bringing the total number acquired to 20. Star Buffet, through its Starlite Holdings Inc. subsidiary, bought...

TAMPA Fla. Leslie Christon has surrendered her duties as president and chief executive officer of Shells Seafood Restaurants Inc. to seek opportunities outside the company, the operator of 23 casual seafood restaurants announced Friday. ...

CHICAGO Morton’s Restaurant Group Inc. reported this week worse-than-expected fourth-quarter results and a reduced 2008 profit outlook, but it appeased investors with plans for a $6 million stock repurchase plan. The company’s shares...

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...