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PALO ALTO, CALIF. Bon Appetit Management Co. last month introduced a healthful-cooking initiative at its 400 accounts nationwide, featuring trans-fat-free foods, smaller portion sizes and low-fat entrées with fewer than 500 calories each. ...
What do the world’s most celebrated chefs have in common with the Average Joe cooking barbecue at home?It’s simple: Both use low temperatures to cook foods very slowly and gently reheat items to create delicious dishes with bold flavors and...
Women are still a long way from reaching parity with men in the executive suites and board rooms of foodservice companies, but the path to the corner office has fewer roadblocks now that it has become easier to find mentors who can help them get...
Money, fame and luxury—those great motivators of business and ego—are forging a growing number of partnerships between celebrity operators and big-time real estate developers.As a flurry of multimillion-dollar and billion-dollar hotel, condo...
Restaurant chains that sponsor Major League Baseball teams need a good promotional follow-through or their efforts will amount to a swing and a miss, according to chain executives and an expert on sports sponsorships.“It’s not enough just to...
KNOXVILLE Tenn. The nation's largest operator of movie theaters is going into the foodservice business, according to press reports. Regal Entertainment Group, operator of the Regal, United Artist and Edwards movie-theater chains, has reportedly...
LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC is promoting a new Boneless Variety Bucket with the latest in a series of interactive TV ads, this one containing a high-frequency "Mosquito Tone" that most adults can't hear but most kids can, according to the chain. ...
PHILIPPINES Golden Arches Development Corp., the McDonald's master franchisee in the Philippines, reportedly will undertake an initial public offering in the second half of this year, with proceeds earmarked for further expansion in its local...
NEW YORK Operators of restaurants with multiple rodent-related health-code violations would be required to take a course at the health department's new "anti-rodent academy" under remedial measures issued by the city yesterday in response to the...
CARPINTERIA Calif. CKE Restaurants Inc. plans to sell more than 200 Hardee's units in the Midwest and Southeast to franchisees and emphasize development in the chain's core markets. Andrew Puzder, CKE's president and chief executive, said...
