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DENVER Quiznos has appointed former Burger King chief executive Greg Brenneman as its president and chief executive, simultaneous with his private-equity firm’s purchase of an undisclosed stake in the sandwich-shop franchisor. Brenneman...
MIAMI Burger King Corp. has awarded exclusive development rights for that country to Burger King Japan Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Tokyo-based Lotte Co. Ltd. and Revamp Corp., also based in Japan. ...
Jay Fagnano had been out of the fine-dining business for a decade, so when he opened the Larchmont Grill in Los Angeles last summer, he was struck by how much the world of restaurant criticism had changed. In the early ’90s, he...
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s Corp. could sell its Latin American operations for up to $1.8 billion as early as this month, Mark Kalinowski, restaurant analyst for The Buckingham Group, alerted clients Thursday afternoon. The deal would shift ...
HOLLYWOOD Fla. A company saying it was thwarted from bidding for Hard Rock Café International has sued the restaurant concern’s management for colluding with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the party whose $965-million offer for Hard Rock was...
Cautious optimism is the prevailing sentiment restaurant industry insiders express as they look toward business in 2007—a year of anticipated top-line growth with no shortage of negative pressures on profit.While economic indicators point to...
TOKYO McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), a 50-percent-owned arm of McDonald's Corp. and the burger chain’s largest national system outside the United States, reported that its daily sales hit an all-time high last Saturday. Despite struggling with a...
CHICAGO An experienced hand at selling private companies to the public has been named chief financial officer of Potbelly Sandwich Works, the 140-unit, privately-owned fast-casual chain based here. James Hirshorn assumes the CFO’s title...
PHILADELPHIA Aramark Corp., the foodservice contractor based here, appointed Frank Sica vice president of client solutions and strategy and named Carmen Torzon director of business development for the Western region of its sports and entertainment...
