Ayear and a half after firing up a custom-built, $180,000 French-made cooking suite at the Blue Duck Tavern, an American-menu restaurant in Washington, D.C., executive chef Brian McBride reported that the pricey gizmo continues to...
WASHINGTON The parties that routinely square off after a food-poisoning incident came together here last month to see if they could work in concert for a safer food supply. Called Cooperating for Food Safety, the meeting brought together...
LOS ANGELES Restaurants in Los Angeles County that voluntarily agree to reduce or eliminate the use of trans fats on their menus will receive a health department decal to promote their efforts as part of the Voluntary Artificial Trans Fat...
HONG KONG McDonald’s Corp. has suspended Lau Si-sing, managing director of McDonald’s Hong Kong, pending the outcome of his trial on charges of taking bribes from a corn supplier. Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption said...
DALLAS Brinker International Inc. and a Mexican multiconcept restaurant company have created a new corporation to develop Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy brands in Mexico. Brinker and CMR SAB de SV, formerly known as...
COLUMBUS Ohio Bob Evans Farms Inc. on Tuesday named Tim Pulido president of its 118-unit Mimi’s Cafe casual-dining chain, effective Dec. 3. Pulido, the CEO of the California-based Shakey's pizza chain since 2006, previously was president of...
Developing and executing a successful information technology strategy can be challenging under the best of circumstances, but the IT drill is further complicated when a company acquires or is acquired by another. Sorting out IT issues...
Faced with escalating costs for just about every food item that comes in the door, many operators are finding creative ways to slice their purchasing expenditures.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the prices of commercial vegetables...
OVERLAND PARK KAN. IHOP Corp., setting the stage for the pancake specialist to begin its aggressive turnaround plan for the beleaguered casual-dining chain. —At a somber and sparsely attended...
