Even as more casual-dining chains dress up their restaurants and menus to lure greater numbers of affluent customers, votes are still out as to whether the strategy works. While such chains as Ruby Tuesday, O’Charley’s, The Cheesecake...
Refrigerated display cases of attractively packaged, fresh, handmade sandwiches and salads beckon to noontime patrons on the run at Pret a Manger food shops in New York City. Travelers seeking gourmet fare in a hurry reach into...
WILKINSBURG Pa. A county judge has cleared the way for the family of a college student shot and killed while waiting in the drive-thru lane of a McDonald’s here to proceed with a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against brand parent McDonald’s Corp....
SACRAMENTO Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have required some chain restaurants in California to post nutritional information on their menus and menu boards, calling it “impractical” as currently written. But the...
OVERLAND PARK Kan. Applebee’s International Inc. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by a New Jersey construction worker union’s pension fund, which alleged that the pending $2.3 billion sale of the company to IHOP Corp. would keep...
WHITE PLAINS N.Y. An immigrant couple whose four-unit Dunkin’ Donuts franchise was terminated has sued the chain’s franchisor in federal court here for allegedly discriminating against minority franchisees, according to an attorney identified as...
