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SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Kahala-Cold Stone, a holding company for 13 restaurant and retail brands, has named Global Icons as the exclusive licensing agent for the concern's Cold Stone Creamery ice cream chain. Kahala-Cold Stone said Los Angeles...
SCOTTSDALE ARIZ. —The summer forecast is out, and the ice cream segment is expected to be hot. Cold Stone Creamery is raising the competitive temperature with the launch of its first national integrated campaign since the chain...
Foodservice executives who still believed that taking a swipe at competitors in an ad campaign was a risk-free move were reminded recently of the dangers of making rivals the butt of humor in comparative-marketing efforts. That reminder...
DETROIT Celebrity chefs Wolfgang Puck and Michael Mina have agreed to open restaurants in the MGM Grand Detroit here, a 335-room property scheduled to open later this year. Puck is expected to open Wolfgang Puck Grille, a 17,000-square...
Restaurateurs’ vulnerability to produce contamination was underscored during the session by David Parsley’s recount of what happened at Applebee’s after E. coli O157:H7 was found in fresh, bagged “ready to eat” spinach last September. ...
OAK BROOK ILL. McDonald’s Corp., Marcia Vargas’ career seemed to be in a holding pattern. —After 13 years with She had started out in human resources with the fast-food chain in Portland, Ore...
CHICAGO Green Restaurant Association. —While the restaurant industry has not been in the forefront of the growing organic-food movement or environmentally sustainable practices, it is swiftly moving in that direction, said...
NORFOLK VA. National Restaurant Association, several other industries and many business owners oppose raising the federal minimum wage, but a recent survey indicates that hourly workers in the United States favor an increase, even if it means co...
Restaurateurs beware: Retailers are aiming to take a bigger bite out of your business as consumers increasingly turn to them for prepared meals and snacks at reasonable prices.While restaurants captured 87 percent of visits by consumers seeking...
