LOUISVILLE, Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. might have to make a "material" additional tax payment because of a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over the way transfers within the restaurant franchisor's foreign subsidiaries were accounted, the...
GLENDALE CALIF. GameWorks chain is ratcheting up new food-and-beverage formats to better compete against such other games-and-dining specialists as Dave & Buster’s and Chuck E. Cheese’s. —With...
DURHAM N.C. —A novel study that examined the body weight of people who filed workers’ compensation claims found that obese employees not only file more such claims than do nonobese workers, but their...
Hospital foodservice management on a good day is fraught with enough variables to keep directors on their toes. Now, imagine the electricity goes out—for weeks. That was just one of the scenarios about 200 members...
LOUISVILLE KY. Taco Bell that flattened out blended U.S. results including KFC and Pizza Hut, Yum! Brands Inc. has outlined long-term strategies to boost its flagging domestic business. —After...
Arecent agreement between McDonald’s Corp., parent of the world’s largest restaurant brand, and the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, or NRAEF, underscores the forward momentum of online training. Oak Brook...
AKRON OHIO. —Chrissie Hynde, lead singer for the rock group The Pretenders, is planning to open an upscale vegetarian eatery here this fall. The restaurant, to be named VegeTerranean, is...
Tony Gemignani’s eight world dough-tossing acrobatics titles have made his name almost synonymous with the quirky craft of spinning the skins.But when the co-owner of Pyzano’s Pizzeria in Castro Valley, Calif., entered the Trofeo Citta di Napoli...
As director of culinary technology at The French Culinary Institute in New York City, Dave Arnold introduces aspiring chefs to the sous-vide method of vacuum-sealed cookery, which is breaking new ground in the professional kitchen.“It’s a...
ATLANTA Multi-concept franchisor Raving Brands has promoted Seth Salzman to senior vice president, with responsibility for strategy development, marketing and operations for two of the company’s youngest brands, The Flying Biscuit Café and...
