Technology supporting online ordering is gaining traction among restaurant chains, but for a different take on the use of such systems, consider the SeamlessWeb Professional Solutions division of Aramark Corp.The Philadelphia-based foodservices...

GLENDALE, Calif. IHOP Corp. may have to correct some franchise agreements granted after October 2000 because patents on certain of the franchisor’s trademarks have expired, the company disclosed Friday. The chain has also stopped offering...

LOUISVILLE Ky. Taco Bell parent Yum! Brands Inc. said it will scrap its so-called poison-pill defense against a takeover, a move described by the company as an enhancement of its corporate-government policies. ...

WASHINGTON The advertising mogul and Washington celebrity who owns the Redskins football team and Six Flags amusement parks is buying the Johnny Rockets retro-themed diner chain through his RedZone Capital private-equity firm. Aprice was...

ST. LOUIS Panera Bread Co. reported a 17-percent jump in fourth-quarter profit from a year earlier on a 34.4-percent surge in revenues. The company, which operates or franchises about 1,027 namesake bakery-cafes, earned $18.9 million, or...

ATLANTA Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc., the 3,500-unit subsidiary of Triarc Cos. Inc., said Friday that it had signed development agreements during the fourth quarter of 2006 to open 51 Arby’s restaurants throughout North America. A total of 168...

GRAND RAPIDS Mich. Meritage Hospitality Group Inc., operator of about 50 franchised Wendy's quick-service restaurants and five O'Charley's casual-dining units, said Friday it settled a lawsuit filed last year against franchisor O'Charley's Inc...

MILLER PLACE N.Y. Rockelle Corp., the licensee of such quick-service brands as Chock full o'Nuts, Blimpie and Surf City Squeeze, has purchased the 80-year-old Stewart's Original Root Beer concept from Frosted Mug Holdings LLC. The purchase...