HEATHROW Fla. The parent of the Ruth’s Chris Steak House chain said it has cut its support-center staff, agreed to sell and lease back the center, and accepted the resignations of several high-level executives, including the president of its...
DALLAS Food Friends and Co., parent of the Cozymel’s Mexican Grill concept, has named Troy Cooper president. Cooper most recently was president and chief operating officer of the Rockfish Seafood Grill chain. Cooper began his restaurant...
MINNEAPOLIS Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. said Monday that increased same-store sales and new restaurant openings helped to drive a 7.1-percent year-over-year increase in third quarter profit. The chicken-wing chain’s same-store sales increased...
GLENDALE Calif. Increased interest expenses from the year-ago purchase of Applebee’s International Inc. widened the losses of franchisor DineEquity Inc. for the third quarter to $16.4 million, or 98 cents per share, the company reported Monday...
MOUNTAINSIDE N.J. Bugaboo Creek Steak House is moving its headquarters from Atlanta to Mountainside, N.J., also the home base of its new owner, Charlie Brown’s Acquisition Corp. The parent of the Charlie Brown's Steakhouse chain purchased...
NASHVILLE Tenn. Nashville’s Metropolitan Board of Health has recommended that local units of restaurant chains with at least 10 outlets nationwide be required to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards starting Jan. 31, according to local...
HUNTINGTON BEACH Calif. BJ's Restaurants Inc. blamed bad weather, the July 4 holiday shift, and uncontrollable economic factors for a 35-percent drop in third quarter profit. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, BJ’s reported net income of $2...
WALNUT CREEK Calif. Dudum Sports & Entertainment Corp.’s four-unit Maria Maria chain has received an $8 million capital boost from San Francisco-based investment firm True Capital Management, officials said Thursday. The partnership will...
SAN FRANCISCO The California Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to review a potentially precedent-setting state appellate decision that a wage-and-hour case against Brinker International Inc. could not continue as a class action because the Chili’s...
