Steve Romaniello, managing director at Roark Capital Group and chairman of Focus Brands, is eager to get a center-of-the-plate concept into the private-equity firm’s portfolio.After securing $1 billion for Roark’s second institutional fund last...

CYPRESS Calif. Baja Fresh Mexican Grill chief executive David Kim, along with a group of investors, has acquired Atlanta-based better-burger concept Canyons Burger Company, with plans to franchise the two-unit chain, officials are expected to...

As the recession lingers, the types of deals prompting consumers to eat out at restaurants are changing, according to new data from The NPD Group.Once content to nab a fast-food double cheeseburger for a dollar, a daily special at a discount or a...

CHICAGO —Restaurateurs in this town are finding it easier to let customers know they run green and sustainable establishments, thanks to a program introduced last month by the Green Chicago...

LAS VEGAS —With tourism slumping and unemployment at record highs, Las Vegas restaurateurs are pinning both hopes and fears on the scheduled opening in December of the massive $8.5 billion...

For a restaurant seeking energy efficiency, an integrated, Web-based control system can make minding the store easier and less costly, said Neil Sainsbury-Carter, business development director for Ecos, a Portland, Ore.-based firm that consults...

Just as the restaurant industry found during the tech boom of the late 1990s, the Internet continues to bring as much peril as it does promise.While the current growth of social media has provided companies large and small with cheap, effective...