SAN DIEGO Jack in the Box chain has expanded its breakfast menu with the addition of a Sirloin Steak and Egg Burrito and a new side dish of hash brown sticks. The new burrito consists of a 10-inch flour tortilla with strips of 100-percent...

MELBOURNE Australia A company here that held the Australian franchise rights to the Quiznos Sub concept has agreed to refund fees to 20 franchisees who complained that the local franchisor had made misleading claims about the business and violated...

SEATTLE Pioneering restaurateur Gretchen Mathers passed away Aug. 7 from cancer, said longtime employer Schwartz Bros. Restaurants. Her age was not disclosed, but local press reports said Mathers was 66. A former director of the National...

PHILADELPHIA Walnut Street Capital, a private real estate development and investment company based here, has acquired Saxbys Coffee, a 27-unit gourmet coffeehouse chain based in Atlanta. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Saxbys...

DALLAS The La Madeleine Bakery, Café and Bistro chain has named menu-development veteran Philip Costner chief operation officer. Costner most recently was vice president of food and beverage for Carlson Restaurants Worldwide of Carrollton...

DUBLIN Ohio Wendy’s International Inc. quietly sold its 18-unit Café Express fast-casual chain at the end of July, according to a securities filing by the company. Terms, including what party bought the concept, were not divulged. The sale...