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GREENWOOD VILLAGE Colo. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. is looking for a new chief executive to replace Dennis Mullen under a deal struck with activist investors, according to a securities filing by the restaurant company on Friday. The deal with...
HUNTINGTON BEACH Calif. Joining a growing number of casual-dining concepts with small-plate offerings, BJ’s Restaurants on Wednesday introduced a new “Snacks and Small Bites” menu category, as well as five new lunch specials.Smaller-plate options...
SHARON Pa. Responding to the rising cost of chicken wings, Quaker Steak & Lube has launched a line of breaded “boneless wings.”The new item, the casual-dining chain’s first breaded product, is made of panko-crusted chicken breast coated in a...
MINNETONKA Minn. Famous Dave’s of America Inc. was awarded seven of nine restaurants owned by a bankrupt franchisee upon completion of a $6.8 million “stalking horse” bid it submitted last December...
FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. Benihana Inc. stockholders on Monday gave the Japanese-themed restaurant company’s management the green light to merge with a subsidiary and issue 12.5 million new shares. The proposed merger was opposed by...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE Colo. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is launching a new ad campaign that asks guests to make like the Yeti and “answer the call” for its newest limited-time offers. In its eight-week run to promote the $5.99 Prime...
SAN CLEMENTE Calif. Scott Barnett, founding president and chief executive of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurants Inc., said late Wednesday that he was stepping down, saying simply that “it was time.”Company officials said Barnett’s...
CALABASAS HILLS Calif. The Cheesecake Factory Inc. named Michael Jannini president and announced two other key executive appointments Wednesday.The Calabasas Hills-based casual-dining operator also promoted David Gordon to the position of chief...
SHARON Pa. Casual-dining chain Quaker Steak & Lube has appointed Dudley McMahon to the newly created position of vice president of culinary development and purchasing. He reports to company president and chief executive Ken Cole.McMahon, who most...
