WASHINGTON Federal health officials say new evidence shows a definite link between fresh jalapenos and the salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 1,000 people, prompting authorities to issue a qualified warning about eating the peppers...
GLENDALE Calif. Franchisees of the IHOP and Applebee’s chains together will form a purchasing cooperative to improve buying leverage now that the two brands are under parent company DineEquity Inc. “The purchasing power of that combined...
COSTA MESA Calif. An El Pollo Loco restaurant in Los Angeles is testing the use of two three-wheel electric cars for delivery and catering services in the Beverly Hills and Century City neighborhoods. The Xebra vehicles developed by Santa...
SPARTANBURG S.C. Denny’s has launched a national online contest to find the best impersonators of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Consumers who look like, sound like, or “just vaguely resemble” either...
ATLANTA The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday that investigators are broadening their hunt for the source of the salmonella outbreak to include fresh produce other than tomatoes. But officials would neither confirm nor...
AUSTIN Texas Norman Abdallah said he is stepping down as chief executive of Fired Up Inc. here, the parent to the 150-unit Carino’s Italian Grill chain, to join the Egyptian-based Amer International, a longtime licensee of the concept. ...
DALLAS A Texas woman who confessed to stealing the identities of 78 people while working in restaurants and a retirement community has been sentenced to 38 years in prison. Furnioes Giddings Parker, 42, of Duncanville, Texas, admitted in a...
