Like many Bob Evans Restaurants executives, Roger Williams has been with the 579-unit family-dining chain for a long time. His first job there in 1967 was as a restaurant crew member. He moved through several positions en route to...

Nowhere is the momentum to support farm-to-table practices stronger than in corrections. Though many corrections facilities and statewide systems have long managed farms, more effort than ever is being made today to incorporate food grown on the...

Just as wide variety in a menu can attract customers, plenty of employee benefits can give an employer the edge in the competition for talent. With all things being equal between two job offers, an applicant is more likely to choose the employer...

Five years ago chef Charles Phan sold about six orders of whole fish a night, and many were sent back at his Slanted Door restaurant in San Francisco. Now he sells about 23 whole fish an evening, and not one has been sent back in the...

Promotions offering free music downloads are not yet as ubiquitous as coupons and two-for-one deals, but more chains are using them to snag the millions of consumers who can’t seem to unplug MP3 players from their ears.McDonald’s, Burger King...

DALLAS —Economic conditions that have made the business climate difficult in 2007 are expected to continue next year, but companies that can improve their human resources practices will have an edge...

MINEOLA N.Y. —A new snapshot of chief executive pay packages at publicly traded restaurant chains shows apparently growing emphasis on cash incentives and stock awards since federal securities regulators began requiring companies to...

Question: Do you still write those columns where you make up the questions and answer them because you don’t have enough material on a single topic to flesh out a whole column? Answer: Keep reading and you’ll find out. Q: Why haven’t...