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SAN FRANCISCO —Although a vibrant restaurant culture helped operators in this city keep the recession at bay until recently, falling tourism and troubles in local high-tech industries are starting to...
As chains look to hook customers with free food offers or two-for-one deals, the successes of these drastic campaigns are often difficult to quantify. Some results, however, are trickling in. Ruby Tuesday Inc., the operator...
DALLAS Is Cupid helping to save the restaurant industry? Brinker International Inc. said Wednesday that half of its 1,400 Chili’s Grill & Bar restaurants experienced their biggest sales days ever on Saturday, Feb. 14, as customers...
GLENDALE Calif. DineEquity Inc., parent to the IHOP and Applebee’s Grill & Bar chains, on Monday named John “Jack” F. Tierney chief financial officer. Tierney, previously the CFO of The Dial Corp., replaces Thomas Conforti...
TAMPA Fla. Outback Steakhouse parent OSI Restaurant Partners LLC reported Monday a fourth-quarter net loss of $506.4 million on a 10-percent drop in corporate revenue and millions in asset impairment charges for reduced goodwill and closed...
HOUSTON Joe’s Crab Shack, a 114-unit casual-dining chain, has rolled out a new line of Steampots. Kristen Temple, associate director of marketing for the company, said, the Steampots "are ideal for sharing with your family...
TAMPA Fla. The hits just keep on coming for the casual-dining sector. Late Wednesday, OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, which operates the Outback Steakhouse chain and other brands, reported that sharply negative same-store sales, the current...
MARYVILLE Tenn. As restaurants feel the pinch from cost-cutting consumers, some casual-dining chains are looking to pump up traffic with special two-for-one offers. T.G.I. Friday's and Ruby Tuesday this week launched promotions with...
HOUSTON Landry's Restaurants Inc. said late Friday that it had closed on $510 million in new financing to help pay bondholders of $400 million who were poised to call their notes this month. The company, parent to the Rainforest Cafe and...
