SCOTTSDALE Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. on Wednesday reported a 20-percent plunge in third-quarter net income that the company blamed on declines in same-store sales and rising costs. The Scottsdale-based company, which operates the...
CALABASAS HILLS Calif. The Cheesecake Factory Inc. on Tuesday reported a 2.2-percent increase in net earnings for the third quarter ended Oct. 2, despite slower traffic and a dip in average weekly sales of about 1.1 percent. Net income was ...
GLENDALE Calif. Expenses related to its pending $2.3 billion acquisition of Applebee’s International Inc. left IHOP Corp. with a loss of $11.6 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the company reported Tuesday. The 69-cent-per-share...
TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida’s attorney general is expanding his yearlong investigation of restaurants’ mislabeling of cheaper fish as grouper, with the focus now shifting to distributors. Attorney General Bill McCollum has ordered Palmetto...
LITTLETON Colo. F&H Acquisition Corp. completed its $74.8 million purchase Monday of the 61-unit casual-dining chain Champps Entertainment Inc., based here. F&H, holding company for the Wichita, Kan.-based Fox & Hound Restaurant Group, had...
WEST ROXBURY Mass. Casual-dining operator Uno Chicago Grill has debuted an upgraded prototype as it prepares to introduce a more downscale fast-casual operation called Uno Due Go early next year. The 200-plus-unit brand launched its latest...
ORLANDO Fla. The sale of the 73-unit Smokey Bones chain could be imminent as bids were due to parent company Darden Restaurants Inc. on Oct. 10 and expire after two weeks, according to a source close to the process who requested anonymity. ...
