The adage that “employees don’t quit jobs, they quit managers” proves itself time and again in exit interviews, said Christin Myers, director for reducing turnover at Creative Restaurant Solutions, an Exton, Pa.-based consulting firm.Founded 11...
BOSTON Todd English has partnered with Sam Hazen, former chef-operator of the upscale Tao restaurants in New York and Las Vegas, to create concepts and culinary developments for Todd English Enterprises, the celebrity chef’s restaurant company. ...
San Antonio restaurateur Lisa Wong launched her career in 1981 by taking the $7,000 her parents had saved for her college education and opening her first eatery, Lisa’s Mexican Restaurant. She was 18, and the restaurant was a success. Wong, 44...
ORLANDO Fla. Restaurant Acquisition Partners Inc. is buying the eight-unit Oregano's Pizza Bistro in a merger valued at $25.5 million, officials from both companies said Thursday. The firm said it would acquire Oregano's, a full-service...
SEATTLE Starbucks will roll out two smoothies starting July 15 in an attempt to boost afternoon traffic, according to a financial analyst who said she learned about the new products in a meeting with coffee-chain officials. Web postings indicate...
BOSTON The Massachusetts Department of Health has announced that it will conduct precautionary tests of shellfish harvested in local waters to determine if they have been infected with Paralytic Shellfish Poison, or PSP, and also known as Red Tide...
CARPINTERIA Calif. CKE Restaurants Inc. said it has signed development agreements with two franchisees for 25 new Hardee's units over the next five years in Pakistan. Under the deals announced Tuesday, MDS Foods Pte. Ltd. will open 15...