NEW YORK Tom Colicchio, chef-owner of Craft, Craftsteak and 'wichcraft restaurants, has named Damon Wise corporate executive chef of his Craft and Craftsteak units in New York, Las Vegas and Dallas. Previously, Wise was executive chef of...

LOUISVILLE Ky. A day after disclosing plans to open at least 120 stores a year in China during the next several years, Papa John's International Inc. said it hired former foodservice executive Tim Scott for the new position of vice president of...

MIAMI Benihana Inc. has named Juan C. Garcia as president of the Japanese-restaurant operator and franchisor, effective April 2. He would succeed Joel A. Schwartz, who remains chairman and chief executive. Garcia currently serves as senior...

NEW YORK A Burger King franchisee here has sued a landlord for failing to keep rats from entering the operator’s unit in a landmark building on Fifth Avenue, a local newspaper reported today. The restaurant was featured in a segment of the...

MIAMI Burger King has agreed to start using pork from animals raised outside of crates and eggs from uncaged hens, according to two animal-welfare groups that had been pressuring the chain. An official of franchisor Burger King Holdings Inc. told...