GLENDALE Calif. IHOP Corp. said eight executives of Applebee’s International Inc., including president and chief executive Dave Goebel, will leave the company after its $2.3 billion acquisition by the pancake specialist, currently slated for Nov...
ORLANDO, Fla. Darden Restaurants said it has narrowed the field of bidders for its 73-unit Smokey Bones Barbecue & Grill chain to an affiliate of the private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc. in hopes of negotiating a deal within 30 days. ...
CARROLLTON, Texas T.G.I. Friday’s has named Anette Grecchi Gray as corporate executive chef for the 800-unit casual chain. Grecchi Gray was most recently chef de cuisine at Jiko in the Walt Disney Co.’s Animal Kingdom Lodge in Lake Buena...
SAI BABA ASHRAM INDIA. Hard Rock Cafe and House of Blues chains, achieved an “eatertainment” trifecta with the creation of a third high-profile brand, would you want to run it? —If Isaac...
WHITE OAK Pa. In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Kings Family Restaurants chain is beginning a renovation of all 35 stores, company officials said. In addition to the design upgrade, the company said it is making an expansion push...
NASHVILLE Tenn. O’Charley’s Inc., operator or franchisor of 363 restaurants under three brands, swung to a third-quarter net loss from a year-ago profit as impairment and other charges ate into a revenue uptick of 0.9 percent to $220.9 million...
WASHINGTON After a 10-year decline, the number of restaurant workers killed on the job jumped by 26 percent during 2006, to 135, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Homicides and violent acts remained the leading cause of...
