DALLAS Pizza Patron Inc., the 65-unit chain aimed at the Hispanic market, plans to start selling by-the-day calling cards to Mexico. The chain will begin selling the cards July 27 in the amounts of $5 for two days of calling, $10 for 7...
Part 1 of a two-part series: “Video surveillance in restaurants: Who’s using what technology and why”A desire to keep a tighter rein over day-to-day problems in the front- and back-of-the-house—not all of which are security related—is driving...
CHICAGO —Although beverage sales make up a large chunk of the profit in many foodservice operations, just a small fraction of resources are focused on drink promotions. Recently, a group of drink...
SAN DIEGO Jack in the Box has joined the stream of quick-service chains that are eying ice cream floats as a new customer draw. The regional chain's entrant, a line called Real Ice Cream Floats, features vanilla ice cream mixed with a...
LEAWOOD KAN. —Other casual-dining chains have offered value-priced meals to boost traffic and sales, but Houlihan’s Restaurants is reinforcing the image of its bar as a destination spot with the...
Texas restaurateurs are getting along swimmingly despite one of the wettest years on record.Most areas of the state, because of some freakish weather system, are waterlogged. In early July, for the first time since 1957, all of the state’s major...
With the recent proliferation of restaurants featuring the food styles of Italy’s Puglia region, it’s fascinating to trace many of them to one small seaport town, Mola di Bari, a few kilometers from Bari.There are dozens of such restaurants in and...
