DALLAS Maggiano’s Little Italy, the 41-unit division of Brinker International Inc. here, has launched home delivery. Delivery fees of $20 or 15 percent of the food and beverage total, whichever is higher, apply, and orders must be placed...
INDIANAPOLIS Denny’s has opened a drive-thru restaurant here, the first one for the 1,539-unit family-dining chain. The drive-thru, located near Interstate 70 to attract commuters, is open from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. and serves three breakfast...
TAMPA Fla. Outback Steakhouse parent OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. intends to sell its Roy’s seafood chain and other holdings that lack the potential to become major businesses, chairman Chris Sullivan reportedly said in a speech here Wednesday to...
LEBANON Tenn. While reporting a 28.5-percent year-to-year drop in first-quarter profit and negative guest traffic at its 568-unit Cracker Barrel Old Country Store chain, parent company CBRL Group Inc. reduced its same-store sales and annual per...
MADISON Ga. Avado Brands Inc., a casual-dining operator that has been under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since September, said it has agreed to sell 83 of its 111 Don Pablo's Mexican Restaurants and Hops Grillhouse and Brewery restaurants. ...
OVERLAND PARK Kan. With the IHOP Corp. acquisition of Applebee’s International Inc. expected to close Thursday, the Applebee’s chain reported on Wednesday a 1.6-percent year-to-year drop in systemwide, domestic same-store sales for November. ...
ITHACA N.Y. Nearly 60 percent of patrons dining out for business reasons will avoid an establishment with a no-reservations policy, a virtual convention among large casual-dining chains, according to new research from Cornell University. ...
