Aphone call, an e-mail or just a curt sign on the locked front door when they showed up for work was how hundreds of Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern and Steak and Ale employees learned they were out of a job when the long-time brand owner...
PURCHASE N.Y. —Pernod Ricard USA, the producer, importer and marketer of spirits and wine brands in the United States based here, has launched BarSmarts, a bartender training and education program...
The current economy has shaken the confidence of many once-proud and cocksure operators to their core, bringing to mind the words of Paul Rubin who said: “Never confuse brilliance with a bull market.”And while remembering the halcyon days of 2005...
Working as a bar manager at a Yard House Restaurant comes with its own set of challenges. Chief among them is managing the massive array of draft beer that’s offered. Each of the chain’s 20 outlets serves an average of 130 different drafts, and...
IRVINE Calif. America’s craft beer resurgence has changed casual dining’s operations in recent years, as one look inside a Yard House Restaurant readily attests. Like brass-gilded cattails spouting from the bank of a pond, an average of 130...
SEATTLE McDonald’s. —Starbucks Corp. chairman and chief executive Howard Schultz has historically disliked any comparisons between his coffeehouse chain and But if the coffee giant...
NATIONAL HARBOR MD. Bon Appétit Management Co. and a leading proponent of sustainable food sources in the contract foodservice sector, has been selected by Nation’s Restaurant News as its 2008 Innovator Award winner. ...
SAN DIEGO Jack in the Box Inc. said David M. Theno, the quick-service company’s high-profile food safety chief, would retire on Sept. 28. Theno’s duties as senior vice president and chief product safety officer will be split between Ann...
INDIANAPOLIS The Steak n Shake Co. reported Monday a loss of nearly $10 million for its third quarter as sales fell and impairment charges and restaurant closures eliminated any profit from a year ago. For the quarter ended July 2, Steak n...
