CALCUTTA India Local fire department officials have charged McDonald’s India with fire code violations after an explosion at a unit in Calcutta killed one and seriously injured four others, according to reports in Indian newspapers. ...

DENVER A group of more than 40 Quiznos Sub franchisees has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the operators of nearly 5,000 domestic franchised branches of the sandwich chain, alleging that the company has systematically defrauded...

SEATTLE Coffee-bar operator Tully’s Coffee Corp. said it has postponed a pending public offering because of “volatile stock market conditions.” Seattle-based Tully’s said proceeding with the offering, which was announced in April,  “would...

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CALABASAS HILLS Calif. The Cheesecake Factory Inc. on Tuesday named Russ Bendel president and chief operating officer of its restaurant division, effective Sept. 3. Bendel, 52, resigned last week as president and chief executive of the...

EMERYVILLE Calif. In preliminary unaudited reports Tuesday, Jamba Inc., based here, disclosed a 14.1-percent increase in second-quarter revenue to $89.6 million despite a 3.3-percent drop in same-stores sales for the three months ended July 24...

DUBLIN Ohio Wendy’s International is the latest target of the Humane Society of the United States’ ongoing publicity campaign to urge national chain restaurants to source cage-free eggs. The not-for-profit animal welfare group ran a full-age ad in...