SEATTLE Starbucks Coffee has added a service that enables consumers in North America to find the nearest unit via their cell phones. Users text-message the zip code of their location to MYSBUX and get the address of the closest unit as a reply. ...
FLORHAM PARK N.J. More than 100 students at Fairleigh Dickinson University are recovering from a norovirus outbreak that hit the campus here Feb. 28. Adozen students and six members of the faculty and staff were treated for dehydration at...
SAN DIEGO Jack in the Box has introduced a new milkshake with the flavor of Andes Crème de Menthe chocolate-mint candies. The Andes Mint Shake is available in 16-ounce servings for a suggested price of $2.49 and 24-ounce servings for a...
NEW YORK Foodservice industry leaders are urging City Hall to lessen local restaurants' attraction for rats by permitting the eateries to install garbage disposals, according to local press reports. But New York's environmental-protection...
CHICAGO Taking a leaf from mega-sized competitors like Subway, 140-unit Potbelly Sandwich Works has debuted made-to-order salads at locations in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Four variations and five dressings currently are offered. The...
WILBRAHAM Mass. After running billboard ads near Friendly's headquarters here to enlist the company's employees in his cause, dissident shareholder Sardar Biglari resumed his efforts to gain seats on the family restaurant chain's board through...
DENVER In his first major move since taking the helm of Quiznos Subs, former Burger King chief executive Greg Brenneman has hired a former Presidential speechwriter and one-time marketing hotshot from Yum! Brands to oversee the sandwich chain's...
