Be prepared. That is the mantra, as well as the operations challenge, at Chop't Creative Salad Co. in New York City, a pioneer among the numerous fast-casual salad concepts that are cropping up across the United States. Since it opened its first...
TAMPA FLA. OSI Restaurant Partners Inc., the struggling parent of the Outback Steakhouse chain will have what it has wanted since last year: time to regroup away from the scrutiny of Wall Street. —Now that shareholders have...
Five years may not be enough time to move mountains, but it’s long enough for seismic shifts to occur in consumer tastes and dining-out habits, according to new data from The NPD Group. In the past five years, gourmet coffee and tea...
Mary Sue Milliken, right, and Susan Feniger are looking forward to livening up lunchtime for office workers in California. They recently inked a deal with Gaithersburg, Md.-based contract caterer Sodexho Inc. to provide menu items...
NEW YORK Hedge fund Ramius LLC has criticized CKE Restaurants Inc.'s financial strategy in a letter sent Tuesday to the parent of the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. chains. The letter came two days before CKE is scheduled to hold its annual shareholder...
WILBRAHAM Mass. Friendly Ice Cream Corp., parent of the 515-unit Friendly's family restaurant chain, said Sunday it had agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc. for $15.50 per share, or $337.2 million...
SANTA MONICA Calif. The Fatburger fast-casual chain is planning to take its brand overseas for the first time by opening 25 units in China and adjacent territories by 2010. The first unit is scheduled to open in September in Macao at the...
OAK BROOK, Ill. McDonald’s Corp. plans to double the number of its restaurants in Poland, from 210 to 420, over the next decade, according to a company statement. McDonald’s Polska opened its first restaurant in the country in Warsaw in...
