Apr 16, 2008

GLENDALE Calif. Michael Mendelsohn was appointed vice president of finance at IHOP Restaurants, officials announced Wednesday. Mendelsohn will lead the finance functions for the IHOP brand. He served previously as chief financial officer...

Smokey Bones taps agency for repositioning push

Apr 15, 2008

ORLANDO Fla. Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill has named Push agency of record as the casual-dining chain prepares to launch a repositioning campaign. The Orlando-based agency will be responsible for brand planning, creative content for...

Tax time brings slew of deals

Apr 15, 2008

TAMPA Fla. Restaurants are offering discounts and freebies as Americans scramble to file their tax returns today. In Florida, 188 McDonald's restaurants in the Tampa Bay area are offering a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder for a penny with the...

Vapiano's brings kitchen to the dining room

Apr 15, 2008

MCLEAN Va. Casual-dining operators seeking greener pastures are flocking to view a European-born restaurant concept with radically different ideas about equipment, design and service. The concept, called Vapiano, carves a unique niche that...

Culver’s ad campaign lets food do the talking to help infuse marketplace with brand values

Apr 14, 2008

Perhaps as you stroll along the boulevard one fine sunny day this spring, a person unknown to you will approach and attempt to “Culverize” you.Be not afraid. It’s only a guerrilla street team working for Culver’s ButterBurgers & Frozen Custard as...

Quick-service operators cut high turnover with automated screening of hourly job applicants

Apr 14, 2008

Quick-service restaurant operators that have turned to outside firms to screen job candidates report immediate improvements in worker retention, offering relief from the segment’s notoriously high turnover. Atlanta-based Church’s...

Chef-dudes parlay longtime friendship into TV fame, Hollywood catering gigs

Apr 14, 2008

Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo started out as two dudes from Florida who met in cooking school and discovered that two can be stronger than one in the hospitality world. Each landed his first job with acclaimed chef Michelle Bernstein at...

Tech forecaster: Changing technology creates both problems and solutions

Apr 14, 2008

Technology trends watcher and forecaster Daniel Burrus, of Milwaukee-based Burrus Research, is the keynote speaker at FS/TEC 2008 this week at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. He recently spoke...

McD touts Collins’ rise through ranks in recruitment ad

Apr 14, 2008

James Collins took a manager-trainee job at a McDonald’s restaurant near Cleveland in 1985. He had worked for the fast-food chain before as a teenager but left to take a factory job. However, when one factory closed and another...