When a grilled chicken and arugula salad ordered at a large chain restaurant came out with yellow leaves, I pointed out that, “It looks like the arugula has gone bad.”“It’s supposed to look like that,” the server answered with a know-it-all smirk...
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals kills thousands of animals a year.“Living” wage activist group ACORN once sued the state of California for an exemption from state minimum-wage laws for their own employees.The standard-bearers of the...
NEW YORK —Some days, the line of customers waiting to order the chicken pita sandwich, lamb gyros or lamb platter plate at Alex Shehea’s food cart on the corner of 53rd Street and Sixth Avenue can be 80 people deep. The cart’s...
FRANKLIN TENN. —Shipments of personal computer-based point-of-sale systems in North America increased by 8 percent in 2006, compared with 5-percent growth in 2005, an annual study by IHL Consulting...
LOUISVILLE Ky. The board of directors of Papa John's International has approved a request from founder and longtime chairman John Schnatter to change his status to "non-employee" and founder chairman. It was unclear how his duties as chairman...
TULSA Okla. Beautiful Brands International, franchisor of the Camille's Sidewalk Cafe concept, plans to open two new brands here in June and July. David Rutkauskas, president and chief executive of BBI, said his company's retro, beach...
NORTHBOROUGH Mass. Bertucci's Corp., owner of the Bertucci's Italian Restaurant and Vinny T's of Boston concepts, has promoted Francis Christman to chief operating officer and Maria Feicht to senior vice president of marketing. Christman...
