ST. LOUIS —Looking to grow sales and cut costs, 1,945-unit Hardee’s, based here, is offering buy-one-get-one-free deals to consumers in Indianapolis and St. Louis who use the Cellfire Inc. mobile-coupon service for cell phones and...

NEW YORK —Leaders in the restaurant industry must be ready to embrace change and adjust their business strategies in today’s fast-moving marketplace, attendees of the 22nd annual Elliot Leadership Conference were advised here this...

Seth McDonald had worked only a few lawn mowing jobs when he went to work for a Dairy Queen franchisee in Two Harbors, Minn. Fifteen years later, the 31-year-old is now vice president of operations for that 11-unit franchisee. Cheryl...

LOS ANGELES —When diners gathered at the restaurant Cube here earlier this month for a special dinner highlighting artisanal ingredients, they got more than just a taste of some delicious salumi, cheeses and produce. The evening...

When Christopher Lee took over as executive chef of Gilt, a fine-dining restaurant at the Palace Hotel in New York City that was hemorrhaging money, his first task was to revamp the menu. Then he looked at the bar.“We were...

The unprecedented wheeling and dealing among private-equity players in the restaurant industry has had me wondering for some time now, how can I get in on the action?Well, quite simply, I can’t.I can’t own any restaurant stocks; it would be a...