INDIANAPOLIS Steak n Shake said it has hired Omar Janjua as executive vice president of operations. Janjua previously led operations services at Pizza Hut and earlier worked in restaurant finance, concept development, and franchise...

SEATTLE Starbucks Corp., which has been quietly building the food portion of its business, plans to drop a line of sodas to make more room in its refrigerated display cases for salads, sandwiches or other lunch items. The 13,000-unit...

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PITTSBURGH Parkhurst Dining Services said it is recycling the trans-fat-free oil used at its corporate, campus and cultural contract-dining accounts to generate bio-diesel fuel for company-owned vehicles and farm equipment used by suppliers. ...

SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed in 2006 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after the company fired a Seattle barista with bipolar disorder. Starbucks...

GOLDEN Colo. Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, publicly traded parent of the Einstein Bros. and Noah’s New York bagel chains, is rolling out reduced-fat and trans fat-fee menu items to offer healthier choices to customers. At 300-plus-unit...

ATLANTA Arby's claims it has become the first national fast-food chain to eliminate trans fats from its French fries. Franchisor Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. said it has completed the systemwide rollout of a nonhydrogenated corn-based...

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