OVERLAND PARK Kan. The top executives of Applebee’s International Inc. will be paid 2006 bonuses based on achieving only 43.6 percent of their performance targets for the year, the casual-dining powerhouse disclosed today in a securities filing...

PLANO Texas Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern, the 310-unit casual-dining division of Metromedia Restaurant Group here, will launch a promotion of various fajita items on March 26. The Fajita Nation menu, available through June, will include fajita...

ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants Inc. said today that it was ready for the “next phase of development” for its seven-unit Seasons 52 brand, signaling stepped-up expansion for the all-seasonal-ingredients concept. It also named Stephen Judge, a...

FERNDALE, MICH. —The Asian outpost of BD’s Mongolian Barbeque, the 31-unit casual-dinnerhouse chain based here, has been named the Mongolian Tourism Association’s Restaurant of the Year. The 150-seat restaurant opened May 2005...

NEW YORK Some of the largest public casual-dining companies took hits on Wall Street the week of March 12 as two analysts cast doubt on the sector because of low price-point promotions that could eat into margins and possible belt-tightening...

MINNEAPOLIS Boasting increased sales and a reduced cost structure, Buca Inc., owner and operator of 92 Buca di Beppo restaurants, swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $943,000, or 5 cents per share, versus a net loss of $6.4 million, or 32 cents...