BOSTON Au Bon Pain, the fast-casual bakery-café chain based here, has unveiled a new website, www.aubonpain.com, that features more nutritional information than did the site it replaces. The 255-unit chain’s website includes a “Smart Menu”...
HOUSTON The largest independent shareholder of Luby's Inc. has asked management to explore a sale of the company or other strategic maneuvers to boost the value of the cafeteria operator's stock. New York-based Ramius Capital Group LLC...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. J. Alexander's Corp., operator of the namesake casual-dining chain, reported a 34-percent rise in net income on a 4.2 percent rise in revenues for the second quarter, but warned of a possible slowdown for the remainder of the year...
SACRAMENTO CALIF. —Foodservice operators are optimistic that the formal launch of the auditing and enforcement arm of a recently created public-private partnership will improve the safety of...
Like senior citizens dancing the Electric Slide at a grandchild’s wedding reception and then having a video clip posted on YouTube.com to prove it, the...
CHICAGO —The new owners of Stir Crazy, one of several full-service Asian chains with interactive stir-fry stations that have experienced sluggish growth since debuting in the 1990s, plan to light a...
NEEDHAM Mass. Fresh City, a 17-unit fast-casual concept concentrated in New England, has signed an area development deal with Rob Grimes, president and chief executive of Accuvia, the technology consulting, events and publishing firm in Potomac...
NEW YORK Higher menu prices and lowered earnings expectations are in the cards for many restaurant companies, given their experiences in the second quarter and an increasingly challenging business environment. Restaurant stocks followed...
