SOUTH BEND Ind. Hacienda Mexican Restaurants' Dean Goodwin has added the title of co-chief executive to his existing president's duties as part of the 12-unit dinnerhouse chain's succession plan. Bob Kill currently is continuing to serve as co-CEO...

CARROLLTON Texas T.G.I. Friday's restaurants said that all its domestic restaurants would eliminate trans fats by July 2008 and meet the New York City trans fat guidelines by this July. The New York guidelines call for the elimination of...

NEW YORK Tony Aiazzi has been named executive chef of Charlie Palmer’s flagship restaurant Aureole here. He replaces Dante Bocuzzi, who has left to open a restaurant in Cleveland. Aiazzi has been with Charlie Palmer for the past eight...

WALNUT CREEK Calif. Northern California operator Dudum Sports & Entertainment Corp. is developing a new restaurant concept in partnership with music legend Carlos Santana. DSE, based here, has purchased three Northern California restaurants...

WASHINGTON Two members of the Congress have re-introduced a bill that calls for developing a single food-safety agency to absorb the functions of the 15 distinct federal bodies now charged with safeguarding the nation's food supplies. Sen...

CHICAGO Dunkin' Brands chairman Jon Luther was named the year's top quick-service-chain executive and Susan Feniger of southern California's Border Grill and Ciudad was chosen as the best independent restaurateur in the 2007 Silver Plate Awards...

OVERLAND PARK Kan. As investors, analysts and industry watchers continue to speculate on the future of Applebee's International Inc., the company filed additional proxy materials with regulators Wednesday that pegged the brand's value at $4.7...