JACKSONVILLE Fla. Firehouse of America LLC, the franchising division for the 372-unit Firehouse Subs chain, has promoted Don Fox to chief executive, succeeding company co-founder Robin Sorensen.Fox had been chief operating officer of Firehouse of...
WASHINGTON Moe’s Southwest Grill and Carino’s Italian, two of at least three restaurant chains associated with a recall of 124 tons of beef products in connection with a multi-state E. coli outbreak, said they have pulled the meat in question and...
Many restaurateurs expect the difficulties of 2009 to continue in 2010...
HEATHROW Fla. Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc., the parent of Ruth’s Chris Steak House and other upscale casual-dining chains, is taking steps to pay down debt by garnering as much as $69.7 million through a stock sale to a private equity group, a...
OAK BROOK Ill. Guests at most domestic McDonald’s restaurants will have free access to wireless Internet connections, or Wi-Fi hot spots, by mid January, a change for the No. 1 burger chain that pits it more directly against coffee rival...
ADSDomino’s began the year with two effective and timely TV commercials starring its chief executive, David Brandon. In his screen debut, Brandon burned a cease-and-desist letter from competitor Subway, who formally requested that Domino’s stop...
DOTHAN Ala. Hard Rock Café, but it’s increasingly a little bit country, too. —The restaurant business might be a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, with Rolling Stone magazine planning a restaurant in...
WASHINGTON —Restaurant industry watchdogs are urging lawmakers to pass an amendment to the Senate health care bill that would help address potential problems stemming from the foodservice industry’s...
CHICAGO Nightwood in Chicago, where a custom rotisserie laden with chickens, rabbits or pork racks turns over a live fire at dinner, attracting patrons to the seven-month-old upscale restaurant in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood. ...
