GREENVILLE S.C. Former Red Lobster president Edna Morris has joined CityRange Steakhouse Grill here as a partner in the casual-dining restaurant, which she helped devise while working for the company that is now Denny’s Corp. The...
SACRAMENTO Calif. California moved a step closer to requiring nutrition disclosure by some chain restaurants when the state Assembly passed a bill that includes a number of provisions favored by the California Restaurant Association. The...
MIAMI Benihana Inc. blamed declining traffic and rising costs for a nearly 48-percent drop in first quarter profit, but the parent of three Japanese-style concepts said it still expected to hit its full-year earnings target. For the...
LOUISVILLE Colo. The Old Chicago subsidiary of Rock Bottom Restaurant Inc. said it has awarded area development rights for more than 72 units nationwide to six companies, including two IHOP franchisees. Old Chicago Franchising Corp. said...
COLUMBUS Ohio The 20-unit Roosters casual-dining chain said it has hired Tanny Feerer as vice president of purchasing. Previously, Feerer was vice president of purchasing for Damon’s Grill. He also has served as a Damon’s franchisee and a...
ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants Inc. has steeply lowered its fiscal-year forecast and projected first quarter results below Wall Street expectations, citing a “more challenging than anticipated economic and consumer environment.” Many...
SACRAMENTO Calif. In a victory for California’s chain restaurants, proponents of a state menu-labeling bill agreed Friday to narrow the range of outlets that would be covered and to grant those places two means of complying until January 2011...
HUNTINGTON BEACH Calif. BJ’s Restaurants Inc. on Wednesday rolled out a value-oriented lunch specials menu with 10 items starting at $5.95. The new items include a mini one-topping pizza with salad; fish or shrimp tacos; fettuccini Alfredo...
IRVING Texas Former Jamba Juice chief financial officer Don Breen will take on the CFO role at the 70-unit Cheddar's Casual Cafe chain, beginning in September, Breen said in an e-mail on Tuesday. Cheddar's, based here, is a privately held...
DALLAS Bennigan's Franchising Co. LP, which is leading the Bennigan’s franchise community following the bankruptcy filing of brand owner S&A Restaurant Co. last month, has retained industry veterans Doug Benham and Vince Runco to assist in setting...
