BD’s Mongolian Barbeque honored for work with Asian unit

Mar 19, 2007

FERNDALE, MICH. —The Asian outpost of BD’s Mongolian Barbeque, the 31-unit casual-dinnerhouse chain based here, has been named the Mongolian Tourism Association’s Restaurant of the Year. The 150-seat restaurant opened May 2005...

Companies mine academia for culinary lessons, operations solutions from the heads of the class

Mar 19, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS —To enhance the menus in the restaurants of its 161 domestic Radisson Hotels & Resorts, Carlson Hotels Worldwide, based here, went back to school. Because there is no...

Reader: Franchisee strategies often include succession plans

Mar 19, 2007

Editor, NRN: I read with interest your story on franchisee succession planning, “Unclear exit strategies cloud chains’ outlooks,” Jan. 8. It is an under-appreciated business challenge and your coverage of it was thoughtful. ...

On The Menu: Presidio Social Club San Francisco

Mar 19, 2007

The Presidio Social Club opened in late December just inside the busy Lombard Gate to San Francisco’s historic Presidio, a former Army post that now is a national park with views of the bay.It wasn’t easy opening a restaurant in a 100-year-old...

On The Menu: Presidio Social Club San Francisco

Mar 19, 2007

The Presidio Social Club opened in late December just inside the busy Lombard Gate to San Francisco’s historic Presidio, a former Army post that now is a national park with views of the bay.It wasn’t easy opening a restaurant in a 100-year-old...

Posados tailors growth plan to fit in markets of many sizes

Mar 19, 2007

TYLER, TEXAS —With fried tacos, quail fajitas and barbecue ribs, Posados Café Inc. has steadily built a solid name in Mexican casual dining after starting 20 years ago as a store called Mercados in this northeast Texas city. Now...

Rats! Bad news dispersed by the Internet requires better efforts at damage control

Mar 19, 2007

Restaurant marketers have something new to worry about if they have to deal with a crisis, as Yum! Brands Inc. learned recently from a rat infestation at a franchised KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in New York City.The Internet—a vital tool in giving...

RedBrick lawsuits reflect perils of UFOC disclosure

Mar 19, 2007

PALMDALE, CALIF. —When the franchisor of the 64-unit RedBrick Pizza concept files for renewal of its Uniform Franchise Offering Circular in California this spring, the UFOC document likely will disclose nine lawsuits—enough, some...

BK details new broiler, smaller-building rollouts

Mar 15, 2007

MIAMI Burger King Holdings Inc. will have its energy-saving flexible batch broiler in all 850 company-operated stores within the United States and Canada by July 1, executives said at a financial conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The new...