After running a couple of online job ads, independent chef-restaurateur Bob Finigan and his wife, Karen, had plenty of applicants to choose from for the opening of their new Blue Rooster Bakery & Café in Cranbury, N.J., an affluent community with...
Diverse roots, an almost insatiable interest for discovery and love for the kitchen combined to drive Heather Terhune to the executive chef post at Atwood Café in Chicago’s Hotel Burnham in 1999 at the tender age of 27.Terhune was born in Vermont...
LOS ANGELES —Bao, a new offering in the upscale food court of the Westfield Century City mall here, is being introduced by food-service newcomer Brent Stein and industry veterans Bob Spivak and Chuck...
DALLAS The People Report Workforce Index, a quarterly barometer of market pressures on foodservice employment, registered an overall reading of 63.1 for the third quarter of 2008, posting its first increase in a year. Of particular interest in...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. said Wednesday it will post per-serving calorie counts on the menu boards of all company-operated domestic units within its five quick-service chains by 2011. The company indicated that it would encourage...
SAN DIEGO Jack in the Box Inc. said it has appointed Gary Schneider, a veteran of the Ponderosa and Bonanza steakhouse brands, as regional vice president for the quick-service chain's St. Louis region. The company also promoted two of its...
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to Change.”—Charles DarwinSoon it will be a new year, and when it arrives, many in the foodservice industry will breathe a collective sigh...
