It could have been a made-for-television movie of the week. A husband and wife team plots to purchase a body part, place it into a signature restaurant item that millions of consumers order every day, expose the foreign object and use the claim to...
ANN ARBOR MICH. —Customer satisfaction with the average quick-service meal failed to grow in the past year, and most leading brands lag the sector’s overall rating, according to a closely watched annual study from the University of...
For Al Falchi, news that a tanker explosion in late April had melted a sizeable chunk of the knot of elevated highways called the MacArthur Maze near his San Francisco restaurant prompted a feeling of déjà vu. Falchi, who has owned The...
SCOTTSDALE ARIZ. Kahala Corp. and ice cream chain franchisor Cold Stone Creamery have merged to form what they describe as a “world-class brand-building company” that aims to add more chains to its portfolio and possibly go public. ...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc., based here, has expanded its penny-per-pound surcharge on Florida tomatoes to all of its restaurant brands in an effort to improve the pay and working conditions for farm workers. In 2005, Yum's Taco Bell...
SAN DIEGO Starbucks Coffee Co. and Sodexho USA were among the winners of the 2007 Recruiting Excellence Awards presented by ERE Media Inc. at an awards ceremony held here recently. —The Recruiting Excellence Awards were given...
LOS ANGELES —Frozen yogurt is back, except this time with an Asian twist, and with a legal challenge hanging over the head of the brand that’s leading an emerging pack of rivals. The new generation of frozen-yogurt...
