Mar 26, 2009

TORTONTO Ontario Just a month after its U.S.-based parent reported a quarterly loss exceeding $500 million, Outback Steakhouse Canada -- an arm of the 978-unit, Tampa Fla.-based Outback chain -- said it closed all nine of its Ontario outlets. ...

Tar Heel’s Ireland: Partnership Sparks IT Innovation

Mar 26, 2009

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Papa Murphy's to expand into SoCal

Mar 25, 2009

VANCOUVER Wash. Continuing its steady pace of franchise growth, Papa Murphy’s International here has signed an area development deal to bring the take-and-bake pizza brand to Southern California for the first time, officials said Tuesday. ...

Greene Turtle strives for flexible, yet cohesive design as chain expands

Mar 25, 2009

EDGEWATER Md. At a time when many restaurant companies are closing units and scaling back operations, The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille is working aggressively to expand, with the goal of adding more than 100 locations over the next five years...

NRN Slide Show: WFF's 2009 leadership convention

Mar 24, 2009

GRAPEVINE Texas More than 1,600 foodservice professionals gathered here March 15-18 as the Women’s Foodservice Forum celebrated its 20th anniversary at its annual leadership conference. Click here to view a slide show of photos from the...

Mexican Restaurants posts 4Q loss on charges

Mar 24, 2009

HOUSTON Mexican Restaurants Inc., which operates 79 restaurants under such names as Casa Ole and Monterey’s Tex-Mex Cafe, swung to a loss in its fourth quarter on heavy impairment charges, the company said Tuesday. For the fourth quarter...

NRN announces MenuMasters winners

Mar 24, 2009

CHICAGO Nation’s Restaurant News has selected six innovative restaurant companies and a multi-talented celebrity chef as winners of its 2009 MenuMasters Awards. Now in its 12th year, MenuMasters, a prestigious showcase of...

NRN taps vets for MUFSO advisory board, plans education emphasis

Mar 23, 2009

NEW YORK —Nation’s Restaurant News, in a major revamp of its popular MUFSO conference, has created an advisory board of industry leaders to help develop an expanded and powerful educational program...