CARLSBAD Calif. Fredrica Thode, president and chief executive of the 100-unit-plus Hot Dog on a Stick quick-service chain, based here, died on Jan. 13 after a long battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s...
In early January,National Restaurant Association president and chief executive Steven C. Anderson disclosed that the NRA’s membership last year had reached a record 380,000 restaurant locations, an increase of nearly 73 percent since...
MARYVILLE Tenn. Ruby Tuesday Inc. has franchised five U.S. airport locations to Spanish restaurateur and concessionaire Areas S.A., marking the struggling casual chain’s entry into a new market. The first two airport locations will open in...
DUBLIN Ohio Kerrii Anderson, chief executive of Wendy’s International Inc., will collect $950,000 in salary and $2.7 in equity-based long-term compensation during 2007 under an employment contract signed Jan. 22, the quick-service giant said in a...
GREENWICH Conn. Breeden Partners LP, a hedge fund that holds a 5-percent stake in Applebee’s International Inc., criticized the restaurant company’s compensation practices, alleging that such practices as executives’ liberal use of the corporate...
