KFC asks for Pope's help in selling new item

Feb 21, 2007

LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC is introducing its first-ever systemwide fish item, the 99-cent KFC Fish Snacker, with a potentially controversial publicity ploy that involves a religious plea to the Pope. The new item was unveiled on Ash Wednesday, the...

Red Robin promotes 2

Feb 21, 2007

GREENWOOD VILLAGE Colo. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc., based here, promoted two members of its executive team. Chief financial officer Katie Scherping was given the additional title of senior vice president, and chief legal officer and secretary...

Texas Roadhouse's 4th-Q profit jumps 24.3%

Feb 21, 2007

LOUISVILLE Ky. Texas Roadhouse Inc., operator or franchisor of 251 namesake dinnerhouses, recorded a 24.3-percent surge in fourth-quarter profit from a year earlier, on revenues that jumped 29.7 percent aided by same-store sales increases and the...

American Cafe parent said to file for bankruptcy

Feb 21, 2007

MARYVILLE Tenn. Specialty Restaurant Group LLC, operator of the American Cafe, Silver Spoon Cafe and L&N Seafood Grill casual-dining concepts, has filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. An article...

Jack in the Box 1st-Q income jumps 48%

Feb 21, 2007

SAN DIEGO Jack in the Box Inc.'s first-quarter income jumped 48.1-percent from a year earlier on increased sales and improved restaurant operating margins, the company reported Wednesday. For the first quarter of fiscal 2007, ended Jan. 21...

N.Y. restaurateur turns tables on Times critic

Feb 21, 2007

NEW YORK Angered by a review of his new Kobe Club, restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow fired back at The New York Times Wednesday morning with a full-page ad in the paper's dining section, accusing reviewer Frank Bruni of taking a personal swipe. ...

Trader Vic’s names new big kahuna

Feb 21, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO Trader Vic’s, in its ongoing effort to reinvigorate the 70-year-old brand, has named a business-development specialist from Australia as its new president and chief executive. Robert Davies joins the Polynesian-themed...