DUBLIN, OHIO Wendy’s International Inc. has added two senior vice presidents to its management team, one to lead the newly formed Innovation and Strategy Group and the other to manage the brand’s supply chain. ...

MINNEAPOLIS Caribou Coffee Co. Inc., the coffeehouse segment’s No. 2 operator, has hired operations and human resources veteran Roz Mallet as its new president and chief operating officer. ...

MINNEAPOLIS Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. said Monday it completed a $14 million private placement of its common stock to fund restaurant expansion, retire certain equipment lease debt and for general corporate purposes. The company...

OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s is expanding a pilot program that offers Pepsi products together with its standard Coca-Cola fountain drinks, according to a story in the marketing newspaper Advertising Age. Restaurants participating in the 10-month-old...

ANN ARBOR Mich. The final result of Domino's Pizza Inc.'s Dutch auction tender offer was undersubscribed, clearing the way for a possible special dividend to investors as early as next month or further share repurchases as the company is still...

NEW YORK —The hospitality industry can boast more female corporate officers and board directors than most Fortune 500 companies—but the lead is small, according to a recent report by Catalyst, a...

Restaurant industry bellwethers reported negative same-store sales trends for February and blamed the severe winter weather that much of the country experienced for chilled sales.Applebee’s International Inc., CBRL Group Inc. and OSI Restaurant...