CHARLOTTE, N.C. Canteen Corp., the vending, dining and office coffee-service division of Compass Group USA, appointed Ron Erhardt regional vice president for its metro New York/New Jersey operations. Erhardt, a 2006 winner of the...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. has named Tim McDougall, a former ad agency and sports-marketing executive, its chief marketing officer. McDougall will be responsible for developing brand strategy for the company’s three...
GARDEN CITY N.J. The family of an 11-year-old boy sickened with E. coli symptoms after eating three tacos at a Taco Bell restaurant in Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y. has filed a lawsuit against Taco Bell, charging the 5,800-unit quickservice Mexican...
IRVINE Calif. Taco Bell Corp. has directed the chain’s 5,800 domestic units to discard green onions from their kitchens after tests suggested the ingredient could be the source of an E.coli outbreak in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. ...
MINNEAPOLIS Casual-dining veteran Modesto Alcala will step down as chief operating officer of Buca di Beppo parent Buca Inc. on Jan. 2, the company said today. No reason was given for Alcala’s departure, and no successor was named. ...