LAGUNA HILLS Melt Inc., operator and franchisor here of the Melt Gelato & Crepe Café fast-casual chain, has branched into the Midwest with the opening of a franchised unit in St. Louis, Mo. The 3-year-old brand now consists of 16 stores in four...
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. In a long-delayed report covering financial results for the first quarter of its current fiscal year 2007, which ends in January, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. reported a smaller loss compared with the year-earlier quarter despite...
MIAMI Fla. Burger King’s second-largest franchisee is selling more than 240 units for $155 million to GSO Capital Partners, a New York-based hedge fund, according to a published report. The seller, Downers Grove, Ill.-based...
SPARTANBURG S.C. The Denny’s family restaurant chain has hired Louis Laguardia, a veteran of Pepsico’s diversity-focused Frito Lay North America operation, to serve in the newly created post of vice president of talent acquisition and diversity. ...
INDIANAPOLIS The Steak n Shake Co., a 460-unit full-service burger chain based here, is adding a line of frozen-yogurt-based milk shakes. The 70-year-old retro chain said the new four-shake array will provide a lower-fat alternative to its...
