IRVING Texas CEC Entertainment Inc., parent to the 534-unit Chuck E. Cheese’s pizza and entertainment brand, said that its fourth-quarter results plunged into negative territory on asset impairment charges and tax adjustments. The company...
NEW YORK Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. has agreed to buy the nonrestaurant assets of chef Emeril Lagasse in a deal initially valued at $50 million. Stewart’s company is acquiring the rights to Lagasse’s television programs...
As domestic economic and competitive pressures grow, the casual-dining segment continues to face many challenges, and increasingly determined operators are rising to meet them.Just as the past few years have been no cakewalk for casual-dining...
A20-year veteran of the Boston-area restaurant industry, Paul Booras has seen a lot of foodservice trends come and go over the years. But one trend he thinks has staying power is the movement toward alternative energy sources, such...
The word “Hunan” has appeared in the names of Chinese restaurants in the United States, and in the names of dishes on their menus, for decades, without many Americans knowing what it meant exactly. Eateries with names like “Hunan...
BARCELONA SPAIN —Chefs, with their ability to affect consumer tastes through new culinary trends, are in a unique position to help protect the world’s aquaculture by supporting the use of sustainable...
LOS ANGELES Spago in Beverly Hills, Calif., diners may or may not notice a conspicuously placed sign beside the door with a bright blue letter “A.” —When walking into Wolfgang Puck’s iconic...
