CHICAGO National Restaurant Association Restaurant Hotel-Motel Show. –“Coach Joe” Crosby, an entrepreneur known for supporting young talent in the hospitality industry, spoke to winners of the...
Dating is common among restaurant workers, despite company policies to discourage such activity. Recently engaged to be married, Leslie Bucher and Eric Webster kept their relationship a secret while they worked together at a restaurant company...
LOUISVILLE KY. —Officials of Papa John’s Pizza, based here, say a text message ordering application launched late last year is delivering “sales lift” to the chain’s approximately 2,700 U.S. stores...
Franchisors of some quick-service concepts that boast low start-up costs say they are seeing no shortage of applicants for franchises these days as economic uncertainties lead many would-be entrepreneurs to seek alternative careers.However, a...
Sally Smith, who has served as president and chief executive of Buffalo Wild Wings for nearly 12 years, reports that 2008 is off to a strong start, despite an economic downturn wreaking havoc with the financial results of many...
CHICAGO National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show added more color—green—to its schedule with a special track of more than 10 educational sessions geared toward addressing the industry’s increasing environmentalism. ...
EMERYVILLE CALIF .—As many quick-service chains rush to add smoothies to their menus in time for summer, Jamba Juice, the 726-unit smoothie-centric chain, is working to reverse a significant sales...
Federal immigration enforcement agents have in the past several weeks arrested or deported nearly 200 restaurant and hospitality workers in a series of dramatic raids that are eliciting shock and anger throughout the industry.In most cases...
