PITTSBURGH Vocelli Pizza, a 131-unit delivery specialist, has added a pasta line and for eight weeks is giving away a free serving of one of the six new dishes to customers who order a large two-topping pie at menu price. Vocelli’s...
ONTARIO Tim Hortons Inc. said Friday that poor sales and store closures within its U.S. division led to an 8.6-percent drop in fourth-quarter profit for the Canadian coffee and doughnut franchisor. The company, which operates or franchises...
DENVER Rick Schaden, Quiznos' founder and largest shareholder, has resumed the role of chief executive after the resignation of Dave Deno, the company said Monday. Deno, who joined Quiznos as president in 2007 and was...
ORLANDO Fla. —With the economic trend line showing no signs of reversing direction any time soon, the industry’s top chief information officers say they are focusing on technology that will help...
This recession has so acclimatized all of us to register only the bad news that any glimpse of a positive development is seen as being little more than a momentary aberration. Yet there still is plenty of good stuff to write about, and you don’t...
Even the darkest days hold glimmers of optimism and opportunities from which operators can find inspiration, and that held true for some attendees of The NAFEM Show 2009 in Orlando, Fla.Industry professionals who made it to the Orange County...
On Dave Westbrook’s first day behind the bar of a multiconcept restaurant chain, a couple came in to celebrate their anniversary. The bartender gave them a couple of shots of tequila on the house, but told Westbrook not to ring it up because...
SALT LAKE CITY Costa Vida said a one-day-only, free-burrito offer to 80 “fans” on Twitter.com was forwarded to 15,000 individuals, prompting more than 2,500 people to redeem the virtual coupon at the chain’s 21 restaurants. “This mobile...
