ALBUQUERQUE N.M. New Mexico has banned US Airways from serving alcohol aboard all flights arriving or departing the state after learning the carrier did not have a state liquor license. The discovery came during an investigation into a fatal...
LUBBOCK Texas Food Concepts International, parent of the 37-unit Abuelo's Mexican Food Embassy chain, has announced several executive changes. Abuelo's has hired Ryan Biggs as vice president of strategic planning and Steve Hutnyan as vice...
TAMPA Fla. OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. filed with regulators detailed terms of its pending billion-dollar-plus buyout, which will include debt financing of $2.7 billion and cash or equity contributions totaling about $1 billion. The going...
RICHMOND Va. Virginia’s House of Delegates has approved a bill that would require restaurants that allow smoking to place a sign at the entrance publicizing the policy. The measure also would eliminate the legal obligation for operators to...
VANCOUVER Wash. The Burgerville quick-service chain said it has now buying the eggs for its breakfast menu from a Washington State producer that does not keep its chickens in cages or use feed that contains animal matter. The birds are also...
MIAMI Burger King said it will add a breakfast menu of 10 items priced at $1 each on Feb. 19. The rollout is believed to be the first shift of the dollar menu, one of the quick-service sector’s most effective traffic-builders at lunch and dinner...
CARPINTERIA Calif. CKE Restaurants has named Anne Blumenstein, a former Jack in the Box executive, as vice president of regional marketing and media for its Carl's Jr. brand. Blumenstein replaces Renae Scott, who left CKE last year. She...
