DALLAS Increased labor and food costs, as well as continued weakness in same-store sales, led to a 15.7-percent drop in profit for multi-chain operator and franchisor Brinker International Inc. during its third quarter ended March 28. The...
CHICAGO —Wolfgang Puck, who began his formal culinary training at age 14, moved to America at 24 and has since become one of the most prolific and celebrated chefs in the world, has been selected by Nation’s Restaurant News as the 2007...
LOS ANGELES —Casual dining may be in the “seventh inning” of its segment growth game, one analyst said, but West Coast operators remain in love with the category. The state of casual dining was a recurring theme at the 11th...
Atrained sommelier, Paul Tanguay began developing his passion for saké about seven years ago when he joined SushiSamba, a Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian fusion concept that has locations in Chicago, Miami, New York, and Tel Aviv, Israel. Since...
PORTLAND Maine Increased demand and an unseasonably cold spring have crushed Maine’s lobster supplies, driving up prices to what experts say are the highest levels in 15 years. Kristen Millar, executive director of the Maine Lobster...
DALLAS Romacorp Inc., parent of the 220-unit Tony Roma’s chain, said Thursday it would remove trans fats from all of its menu items by July. Marc Buehler, Romacorp’s chief operating officer, said all 20 corporate restaurants and much of...
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald's Corp. reported an 8.2-percent global same-store sales gain for March, and a 6.3-percent global jump for the first quarter. At U.S. McDonald's restaurants, same-store sales increased 6.2 percent in March and rose 4.4...
MARYVILLE Tenn. Ruby Tuesday Inc., the operator or franchisor of 926 namesake casual-dining restaurants, said fiscal 2007 third-quarter earnings dropped 5 percent from the same period of a year earlier on a lease-related charge from a bankrupt...
