ORLANDO Fla. The sale of the 73-unit Smokey Bones chain could be imminent as bids were due to parent company Darden Restaurants Inc. on Oct. 10 and expire after two weeks, according to a source close to the process who requested anonymity. ...
CARROLLTON Texas T.G.I. Friday’s is setting the training table for marathon runners in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Friday’s, the division of Carlson Restaurants Worldwide here, has started offering a special menu recommended by the...
PLANO Texas Metromedia Restaurant Group has launched an agency review of the $8 million account for its 340-plus Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse concepts. The account budget includes creative and media duties for TV, radio...
HOUSTON Luby’s Inc., operator of the namesake 128-unit cafeteria chain, is under fire again from its largest independent shareholder, Ramius Capital Group LLC, which wants Luby’s to form a more independent board and to seek strategic alternatives...
SACRAMENTO Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed Assembly Bill 779, a measure that, among other things, would have made restaurateurs and other merchants liable for the cost of replacing credit and debit cards and notifying consumers when...
SANTA FE N.M. — A $55 million convention center expansion and a $280 million resort nearby, both set to open in 2008, are buoying restaurateurs’ expectations of continued prosperity in New Mexico’s...
Even as more casual-dining chains dress up their restaurants and menus to lure greater numbers of affluent customers, votes are still out as to whether the strategy works. While such chains as Ruby Tuesday, O’Charley’s, The Cheesecake...
SACRAMENTO Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have required some chain restaurants in California to post nutritional information on their menus and menu boards, calling it “impractical” as currently written. But the...
OVERLAND PARK Kan. Applebee’s International Inc. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by a New Jersey construction worker union’s pension fund, which alleged that the pending $2.3 billion sale of the company to IHOP Corp. would keep...
