ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston is hosting a “Free Fries Fryday” July 24. Also this week: Manitowoc Foodservice, Protein Solutions, T. Marzetti Co., John Morrell & Co., Cargill Foodservice, Sunrise Foods, Foodsource, Ecolab, Ventura Foods, Simmons...
CYPRESS Calif. Industry veterans Jeff Campbell and Craig S. Miller have joined the board of directors for Real Mex Restaurants Inc., which operates 189 Mexican casual-dining restaurants under several brands.The two men will replace Athony Polazzi...
DALLAS Chain operators say they expect to hire more people heading into the third quarter, a sign that could indicate the markings of a turnaround, according to the latest Workforce Index by People Report, a firm that tracks human resources trends...
DEERFIELD Ill. BAB Inc., the franchisor of 87-unit Big Apple Bagels, announced Tuesday the debut of a rebranded concept, My Favorite Muffin, Your All Day Bakery Café. The first two locations of the muffin-focused prototype are now open in...
NEW YORK —Eager investors helped a handful of restaurant companies tap the equity and bond markets in the past two months, providing a sliver of hope that the financing freeze may be thawing and investors may be warming to restaurant...
NEW YORK Restaurant Associates, a contract foodservice and facilities management provider based here, recently unveiled its Green Dining Best Practices initiatives and said it plans to have the program in operation at all 110 of its accounts by...
ATLANTA —While many operators still don’t know the difference between Facebook and MySpace or tweets and texts, more restaurants are using social networks to communicate with their guests, according to the latest social-media index...
LAKE FOREST Calif. Del Taco is looking to beef up business at its morning daypart with the addition of two new items, one of which is available free with the purchase of a breakfast meal for a limited time.The quick-service Mexican chain’s new...
FRANKLIN Tenn. —North American consumers are embracing more self-service devices for ordering food, shopping checkout, ticketing and other uses, but some quick-service restaurant owners still have qualms about deploying such technology...
Afoodservice employee advocacy group and union proponent that has been highly critical of New York City operators for their treatment of workers recently honored a handful of restaurants that offer such employee benefits as health care and paid...
