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Dan Dahlen knows more than just a little about creating effective advertising. When he was the worldwide Subway account director at Publicis & Hal Riney in Chicago, he saw Jared Fogle in a “wacky diets” story in a men’s health...
IRVINE Calif. Mexican quick-service chain Taco Bell has launched a search for real consumers who want to be virtual characters in a TV spot scheduled to air during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 9. The 30-second spot will promote the...
LOS ANGELES Grill Concepts Inc., which is based in Los Angeles, said it raised $14.1 million before deductions in a private offering to fund the expansion of the company’s Daily Grill and Grill on the Alley restaurant concepts. Some of the...
JUPITER Fla. R.J. Gator’s Florida Sea Grill and Bar’s decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last month stemmed from heightened competition in the South Florida dining market, a handful of underperforming stores and high...
SAN ANTONIO Phil Costner has left his position as T.G.I. Friday's vice president of food and beverage to become vice president of purchasing at H-E-B, a 320-unit supermarket chain based in San Antonio that operates in Texas and Mexico. ...
ATLANTA An affiliate of Argonne Capital Group, based here, has acquired FMS Management Systems Inc., the largest area licensee of IHOP, with 148 restaurants owned, operated and sub-franchised throughout Florida and southern Georgia. Terms were not...