DALLAS Brinker International Inc. reported a 4.5-percent systemwide same-store sales drop for the five weeks ended Jan. 31, versus a year earlier. The result reflected a year-over-year same-store sales decrease of 4.9 percent at the company’s...
OVERLAND PARK Kan. Applebee's International Inc. hired George Williams, a former Blockbuster Inc. and ad agency executive, as chief marketing officer to replace John Cywinski, who resigned in May. Williams will be responsible for all of the...
On their way into a quarterly meeting in December, employees of Brinker International Inc. passed three luxury vehicles parked outside the corporate headquarters—a Hummer, a Mustang GT and a Cadillac CTS. Little did they know...
DULUTH, GA. —Whole Foods Market, along with a new five-restaurant superstore in Virginia, has debuted a 60,000-square-foot outlet in Duluth, Ga., with two food and wine bar restaurants that operators...
ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants Inc., which operates more than 1,440 restaurants under five brands, said same-store sales at both its flagship Red Lobster and Olive Garden chains were positive for the four weeks ended Jan. 28, but only because of...
CORTE MADERA Calif. Il Fornaio America Corp. here said it will return to the East Coast this summer when it opens one of its namesake regional Italian dinnerhouses and bakeries in Reston, Va., marking the first new full-service branch by the...
