LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC plans to offer free samples of its signature Colonel’s Crispy Strips on Jan. 29 to attract customers who had been buying Wendy’s Homestyle Chicken Strips, which the chicken chain says are being yanked from the burger chain’s...
GENEVA Ill. Health officials are encouraging more than 3,000 customers of a Houlihan’s here to get a precautionary injection against hepatitis A because of a possible exposure to the virus during visits to the restaurant earlier this month. ...
AUSTIN Texas Kent Rathbun, chef-owner of the fine-dining Abacus restaurant in Dallas, plans to open the third unit of his more casual Jasper's concept here this spring. Rathbun has units of Jasper's, which features what he calls "gourmet...
NEW YORK Tasti D-Lite, the 44-unit frozen dessert chain, was acquired earlier this month by SPG Partners LLC, a New York private-equity firm, and James Amos, the former chairman and chief executive of Mail Boxes Etc. of San Diego. Amos...
Amid widespread litigation affecting franchisees in the multibillion-dollar sandwich segment, competitors of Quiznos Sub are watching to see whether its recruiting of an ex-CEO of the restaurant industry’s No. 3 franchise system can...
DALLAS Pizza Hut customers can now place orders via the Spanish-language website that serves the chain’s 6,600-unit domestic operation, the Yum! Brands Inc.-owned chain said Monday. The 2-year-old website,www.espanol.pizzahut.com, offers...
