SALT LAKE CITY Great American Cookies, the 250-unit specialty dessert chain, has added a line of decorated cupcakes. Made with a yellow cake base and topped with colored sanding sugar on white icing or mini M&Ms on fudge icing, the Great...
NEW YORK Nelson Peltz plans to step down as chief executive of Arby's parent Triarc Cos. Inc. - with an exit payment of $50 million - as the company prepares to sell its lone remaining non-restaurant business later this year. But Triarc noted that...
MINNEAPOLIS Buca di Beppo chain has eliminated trans fats from all of its cooking oils, including its frying oils, the 92-unit casual-dining chain said. It now uses a cooking oil made from a blend of cottonseed and canola oil. "Buca di...
NEW HAVEN Conn. Jose Calhelha, a former franchisee of 10 Dunkin' Donuts units in Connecticut, was sentenced to 10 months in jail and fined $1 million for illegally luring six Portuguese immigrants to this country and then employing them at his...
By better understanding their best customers and plugging that knowledge into their site selection criteria, some restaurant chains are hitting home runs in new trade areas where they previously had little or no market exposure or experience...
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. —Franchisees who own multiple restaurants and branches of multiple chain concepts are gaining in influence and power in the franchisee business, more than 400 attendees of the Multi-Unit Franchising Conference...
