CHICAGO The Illinois Restaurant Association has named Sheila O'Grady as its new president. She formerly served as chief of staff to Mayor Richard M. Daley and as first deputy commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development for the city...

SAN MARINO Calif. KFC said it will debut a grilled-chicken bowl and other grilled products on Monday exclusively in its southern California locations. The new Grilled Mexi Bowl contains strips of all-white breast meat marinated and grilled...

FLUSHING Mich. The Coffee Beanery chain said it plans to offer a cup of coffee for 30 cents on the 30th of every month through 2007 after the deal proved popular as a 30th anniversary promotion on March 30. The one-day promotion attracted...

MIAMI Burger King Holdings Inc., parent to 11,200 Burger King restaurants worldwide, swung to a third-quarter profit from a year-ago net loss on the strength of its breakfast value menu and increased unit openings, the company said Friday. ...

HOMESTEAD Pa. The Eat'n Park family restaurant chain says it is considering a systemwide rollout of potentially life-saving automatic external heart defibrillators, citing falling prices and positive test results. "That's my plan," Eat'n...

CARLSBAD Calif. John Fuller, chief financial officer of Rubio's Restaurants Inc., based here, is stepping down from the fast-casual Mexican chain to head the financial team at JC Resorts, a San Diego-based hospitality company. Fuller's resignation...

CALABASAS HILLS Calif. The Cheesecake Factory Inc. said it plans to open a new Southeast Asian restaurant concept called Rock Sugar Pan Asian Kitchen in Los Angeles before the end of 2007. The venture will feature the cuisines of Thailand...