HOUSTON Industry veteran Louis “Lou” P. Neeb is resigning as the non-executive chairman at Mexican Restaurants Inc. at its May shareholders’ meeting, ending a 15-year role with the company, he said. In addition to serving on MRI’s board, Neeb, 70...
NEW YORK BLT Restaurant Group, which operates high-end brands BLT Steak, BLT Fish and BLT Prime, among others, debuted last weekend its first food truck, Go Burger, in New York City. The food truck, detailed on a new website, www.goburger.com...
ADDISON, Texas Fogo de Chão has completed a $1 million renovation of its restaurant here and plans to use the new look as a pattern for future updates at the 16-unit Brazilian steakhouse chain.The Addison restaurant, which originally opened in...
Dinosaurs will walk the earth again, if John Stage has anything to do with it.On the other hand, the founder, president and chief executive of the upstate New York cult-classic Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is not looking for them to break into a run, either...
Health care reform may be costly for the restaurant industry to implement, but it’s the right thing to do, said Ron Shaich, chief executive and chairman of Panera Bread Co...
DENVER Spicy Pickle Franchising Inc., parent of the 34-unit Spicy Pickle and 17-unit Bread Garden Urban Cafe fast-casual chains, has hired franchise-system veteran Mark Laramie as chief executive officer. Officials of Denver-based Spicy Pickle...
CHICAGO Pizza may be one of the cheapest, most convenient foods in the United States, but American consumers overwhelmingly turn to pizza over other meal options because of taste, new research shows...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. reported a 10-percent increase in first-quarter net income, led by robust profit and sales in its China division, as well as a return to positive same-store sales at its domestic Pizza Hut restaurants, which helped...
