SACRAMENTO CALIF. —Foodservice operators are optimistic that the formal launch of the auditing and enforcement arm of a recently created public-private partnership will improve the safety of...
Who knew David Bowie could influence the restaurant industry so greatly?It was not his iconic music or sense of fashion that has inspired some of the largest companies in foodservice, however. It was his choice of financing.Asset-backed “Bowie...
GOLDEN COLO. Einstein Bros. Bagels and Noah’s Bagels brands with positive outlooks. —After raising $83.7 million in a public offering in June, Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. is drawing...
CHICAGO —The new owners of Stir Crazy, one of several full-service Asian chains with interactive stir-fry stations that have experienced sluggish growth since debuting in the 1990s, plan to light a...
NEEDHAM Mass. Fresh City, a 17-unit fast-casual concept concentrated in New England, has signed an area development deal with Rob Grimes, president and chief executive of Accuvia, the technology consulting, events and publishing firm in Potomac...
NEW YORK Higher menu prices and lowered earnings expectations are in the cards for many restaurant companies, given their experiences in the second quarter and an increasingly challenging business environment. Restaurant stocks followed...
TUSTIN Calif. The Mimi’s Café family restaurant chain has introduced nine seasonal menu items as specials available through Sept. 19. At breakfast, the limited time items include blueberry pancakes with three-berry topping, offered with...
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s is urging all of its 13,700 U.S. restaurants to open at 5 a.m. daily to meet customers’ increasingly earlier breakfast times. About 75 percent of the domestic restaurants already open around 5 a.m., according to a...
