POTOMAC Md. Accuvia, a technology consulting, events and publishing firm, has named Mark Ozawa president. Ozawa will report directly to Accuvia chairman and chief executive Robert Grimes. In his new post, Ozawa will oversee day-to-day...

STAMFORD Conn. Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals team has selected sports and entertainment foodservice specialist Centerplate Inc. to be concessionaire at Nationals Park, the team’s new stadium in southeast Washington, D.C. ...

OVERLAND PARK Kan. Applebee's, the first national casual-dining chain to report August same-store sales, was not able to snap the string of negative figures that has plagued it and most of the segment for much of the past two years. ...

NEW HAVEN Conn. Yale University officials said the school would return to a self-operated dining program when a 10-year contract with Philadelphia-based Aramark Corp. expires on Jan. 1. Students and union leaders have criticized the...

EMERYVILLE Calif. Alfred Peet, founder of Peet’s Coffee & Tea and a catalyst for the premium-coffee boom of the past two decades, died at his home in Ashland, Ore., on Aug. 29 at age 87. The cause of death was reportedly cancer. The...

GLENDALE Calif. IHOP Corp. has brought back fruit crepes in a limited-time offer at participating stores through Oct. 28. The Fruit Crepe Fever promotion features crepes filled with fruit compote and sweetened cream cheese and topped with...

GAITHERSBURG Md. Contract feeder Sodexho USA has named Patrick E. Connolly president of its health care services division, which is the company's biggest operation by sales volume, and a chief operating officer of the entire company. ...

COLUMBUS Ohio Bob Evans Farms Inc. reported that year-over-year same-store sales for the four weeks ended Aug. 24 rose 4.3 percent at its namesake restaurants, but fell 1.9 percent at its Mimi’s Cafe chain. Average menu prices for the month...