LOS ANGELES MJTJ Enterprises Inc. has signed on to open five units of the Guatemalan fried chicken brand Pollo Campero in Ventura County, Calif. The first will open next year in Oxnard, Calif., according to Bob Kamdjou, president and chief...

HOUSTON In an ongoing push to reposition itself as a high-end restaurant and entertainment-venue operator, Landry's Restaurants Inc. has alerted the board of Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc. that it intends to acquire the upscale steakhouse...

VANCOUVER Wash. The Burgerville quick-service chain said it has now buying the eggs for its breakfast menu from a Washington State producer that does not keep its chickens in cages or use feed that contains animal matter. The birds are also...

BOSTON Au Bon Pain has signed a master franchise deal with Tokyo-based restaurant operator Reins International Inc., which said it will open 300 of the brand’s bakery-cafe units throughout Japan. Reins operates about 1,400 restaurants...

ST. LOUIS Hardee's is breaking out the heavy artillery in the escalating quick-service breakfast wars with the rollout of the Monster Biscuit, an a.m. version of its popular Monster Thickburger oversized sandwich. The new breakfast...

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