CULVER CITY Calif. Sizzler USA has signed an agreement with franchise operator Grupo Payger to open the midscale chain’s first four locations in Mexico. The units, slated to open in Mexico City and Acapulco within a year, will be full...
PLANO Texas Buffet Partners Holding Co. parent of the 54-unit Furr’s Fresh Buffet chain, has named Greg Buchanan chief executive. Buchanan most recently was president of La Madeleine Bakery Café and Bistro in Dallas.Before La Madeleine, he...
LEBANON Tenn. CBRL Group Inc., parent of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant and gift shop brand, said same-store restaurant sales increased 1.6 percent for the six weeks ended Aug. 3, versus the same period a year earlier. The result...
The dog days of summer are nurturing a growing number of gourmet frankfurter concepts. With names like Coney Beach and Marty D’s Deluxe Dogs and Desserts, these more upscale hot dog purveyors are capitalizing on a foodstuff already...
ATLANTA Church’s Chicken is selling 36 company-operated restaurants in Georgia, Mississippi and Arizona as part of a re-franchising strategy. The strategy calls for selling corporate stores in selected markets to franchisees as...
NEW YORK Patina Restaurant Group, the multiconcept restaurant and foodservice operator, has named Tim O’Shea to the post of chief operating officer. Most recently, O’Shea was president and chief...
