NASHVILLE Tenn. O’Charley’s Inc., operator or franchisor of 365 restaurants under three brand names, said on Thursday its fourth-quarter and full-year profits were slashed from a year ago by impairment and other charges as well as weak sales. ...
ORLANDO Fla. Landry’s Restaurants Inc. and Schussler Creative Inc. and have started construction here of their second dinosaur-themed T-Rex Cafe, following the opening of the new Yak & Yeti Restaurant in Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park. ...
PORTLAND Ore. OSF International, parent of the Old Spaghetti Factory brand, in March is set to launch a new concept called Blue Sage Cafe in the Portland suburb of West Linn. Blue Sage will have an American Southwestern theme and offer ...
CALABASAS HILLS Calif. The Cheesecake Factory Inc. reported a 34.8-percent decline in fourth-quarter earnings while slashing its plans for new restaurant openings in light of what company officials described Tuesday as a “challenging economy.” ...
LEBANON Tenn. CBRL Group Inc. said Tuesday that same-store restaurant sales at its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store family-dining chain increased 1.7 percent for the five weeks ended Feb. 1, compared with the same period a year ago. Price...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. is rolling out a new grill menu and mini desserts to its 172-unit namesake chain this month. The company said it has been testing the grill menu during the past year.“The Chinese cooking...
INDIANAPOLIS Dissident Steak n Shake shareholder Sardar Biglari said Monday he would accept the offer of two board seats for himself and a colleague only if the company drops a bylaw change that limits shareholder powers. Steak n Shake...
LOS ANGELES —Post-holiday doldrums combined with fears of a possible recession have co-op groups of upscale-restaurant operators nationwide holding their collective breath in hopes that new rounds of...
NASHVILLE TENN. —Even as members of the Tennessee Restaurant Association scramble to cover a $4.8 million shortfall in a workers’ compensation fund that the state alleges was mismanaged by the group...
TAMPA Fla. Outback Steakhouse parent OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. has reportedly dropped its plan to deduct credit card processing fees from servers’ tips at restaurants in Arkansas and elsewhere. News reports said that about 1,200 OSI...
