CPK approves 3-for-2 stock split
May 23, 2007
LOS ANGELES California Pizza Kitchen Inc. said Wednesday its board of directors approved a three-for-two stock split to be distributed as a 50-percent stock dividend to shareholders of record as of June 11. California Pizza Kitchen...
Ice cream chains' parent names new president
May 23, 2007
NEW YORK ; NexCen Brands Inc., franchisor of the Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo's mix-in ice cream chains, has appointed Michael C. Dull president of its franchise management quickservice division. Dull previously held a number of...
Denny's drops chicken supplier due to animal-rights video
May 22, 2007
SPARTANBURG S.C. Denny's Inc. said it has stopped buying chicken from a particular poultry supplier because a video posted on the Internet shows animals being mistreated in the vendor's cultivation facilities. The video was purportedly shot...
Hamburger Hamlet waitress accused of skimming
May 22, 2007
LOS ANGELES A former server at a Hamburger Hamlet unit in West Los Angeles has been charged with nine counts of identity theft and five counts of grand theft for stealing the credit card numbers of up to 40 restaurant customers last year. ...
Scams
Scams
May 21, 2007
It could have been a made-for-television movie of the week. A husband and wife team plots to purchase a body part, place it into a signature restaurant item that millions of consumers order every day, expose the foreign object and use the claim to...
Chains aim to attract military vets as franchisees
Chains aim to attract military vets as franchisees
May 21, 2007
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Construction
Construction
May 21, 2007
For Al Falchi, news that a tanker explosion in late April had melted a sizeable chunk of the knot of elevated highways called the MacArthur Maze near his San Francisco restaurant prompted a feeling of déjà vu. Falchi, who has owned The...
Bravo restaurant hooked on cold-storage drawer for fish
May 21, 2007
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Stone Hearth Pizza’s Klein oversees people, profits
Stone Hearth Pizza’s Klein oversees people, profits
May 21, 2007
It’s unusual in the restaurant industry to have the same person keeping an eye on the money and on the people, but at Stone Hearth Pizza Co., a three-unit casual-dining chain based in Sudbury, Mass., Melissa Klein is director of both...
MFHA Hires Steele as New Director of External Relations
MFHA Hires Steele as New Director of External Relations
May 21, 2007
CRANSTON R.I. —The Multicultural Foodservice and Hospitality Alliance, a nonprofit organization based here whose mission is to promote diversity and inclusion in the industry, has appointed CeLois Steele as director of external...
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