DALLAS Taco Bueno Restaurants said it granted franchise development rights to three groups for 16 units in Louisiana, a new market for the chain. Dan Perry and Green, Herrington & Howell, Inc., an Arkansas development corporation, plan to...
NEW YORK Yum! Brands U.S. president Emil Brolick issued an apology today for "any inconvenience" that a rat infestation of a Taco Bell-KFC combo unit here may have caused. Earlier in the day, local media reported that holes in the...
NEW YORK In the largest one-day point decline since late September 2001, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 416 points, or 3.3 percent, to close Tuesday at 12,216.24, and the restaurant sector declined along with it in late afternoon trading...
Reports about the decline of traditional radio as an effective advertising medium have not been greatly exaggerated. The news just hasn’t reached the restaurant industry, which still considers radio alive and kicking.Overall radio revenue was flat...
NEW YORK Marble Slab Creamery Inc., a 336-unit system, and MaggieMoo’s International LLC, whose franchise system has 184 units, to consolidate the No. 2 and No. 3 brands, respectively, in the premium hand-dipped ice cream category under one owner...
HYDE PARK N.Y. —Given the popularity of television cooking shows and chef competitions, The Culinary Institute of America is throwing its toque in the reality TV arena. For the first time in its 60-year history, the CIA, based...
Elizabeth “Liz” Sanchez swept the 2006 regional sales awards for Chevys Fresh Mex, the 104-unit casual-dining chain that belongs to Cyprus, Calif.-based Real Mex Restaurants Inc. Sanchez, director of the East Bay region for Chevys in...
As cooking fats go, the ones from poultry have both a rich tradition and a rich taste.From duck fat used in confit to schmaltz, rendered poultry fats are maintaining fans even in a culinary landscape populated with dietary concerns. ...
