IRVING Texas CEC Entertainment has agreed to limit how it markets its Chuck E. Cheese's family-restaurant brand to kids, joining McDonald’s and Burger King in pledging to self-regulate kid-focused advertising. CEC took the action in...

CHICAGO Multiconcept operator Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises said it plans to open two seafood restaurants — one casual, the other fine dining — as replacements for two of its concepts in or near its hometown here. An unnamed seafood...

COLUMBUS Ohio The 30-year-old Damon’s Grill said it is revamping its sports-theme image to draw in more women and families. The redesign, which is the company’s first in nearly a decade, will be unveiled in a prototype restaurant set to open in...

DALLAS Chili’s Grill & Bar has launched a ribs promotion to support the debut of the casual-dining chain’s new ad tagline, “Pepper in Some Fun.” Hill Holliday of Boston created the tag to target diners who “want to experience something...

ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants Inc., owner of the Red Lobster and Olive Garden chains, sold $1.15 billion in debt to help repay the interim credit facility that was used to fund the company’s acquisition of Rare Hospitality International Inc....

MARYVILLE Tenn. A month after acknowledging it had “underestimated the impact” of higher gas prices and general economic factors on consumer spending, Ruby Tuesday Inc. on Wednesday reported a 48.5-percent plunge in first-quarter profit from a...

LOS ANGELES Third-quarter revenue for California Pizza Kitchen Inc. increased 13.5 percent from a year ago, aided by a same-store sales increase of 3.5 percent, the company reported Tuesday. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 totaled ...