SHEBOYGAN, WIS. —The Vollrath Co., a manufacturer of smallwares and light equipment supplies for the foodservice industry, awarded Dennis Park, the company’s vice president of sales, with the 2006 President’s Award, the highest honor...
OAK BROOK, ILL. McDonald’s Corp. earlier in his career, Ralph Alvarez managed to catapult his way to the No. 2 position at the world’s largest restaurant chain. —Despite having his ambitions rebuffed twice by Though his Golden...
Money, fame and luxury—those great motivators of business and ego—are forging a growing number of partnerships between celebrity operators and big-time real estate developers.As a flurry of multimillion-dollar and billion-dollar hotel, condo...
KNOXVILLE Tenn. The nation's largest operator of movie theaters is going into the foodservice business, according to press reports. Regal Entertainment Group, operator of the Regal, United Artist and Edwards movie-theater chains, has reportedly...
CHICAGO Burger King Corp. is the next target in a campaign to increase pay and improve working conditions for Florida farm workers, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, or CIW, reportedly announced Friday at a rally near Chicago. AFlorida...
ATLANTA The Chick-fil-A regional grilled-chicken chain has expanded its children's menu with the addition of four beverages and a chicken item from the concept's main bill of fare. The new beverages include Milk Chugs, plain and chocolate...
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald's Corp. reported an 8.2-percent global same-store sales gain for March, and a 6.3-percent global jump for the first quarter. At U.S. McDonald's restaurants, same-store sales increased 6.2 percent in March and rose 4.4...