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Brinker International Inc. said late Thursday it had agreed to sell 89 corporate units within its flagship Chili’s Grill & Bar chain to Pepper Dining Inc., an affiliate of private-equity firm Olympus Partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...

OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s Corp. could sell its Latin American operations for up to $1.8 billion as early as this month, Mark Kalinowski, restaurant analyst for The Buckingham Group, alerted clients Thursday afternoon. The deal would shift ...

HOLLYWOOD Fla. A company saying it was thwarted from bidding for Hard Rock Café International has sued the restaurant concern’s management for colluding with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the party whose $965-million offer for Hard Rock was...

TOKYO McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), a 50-percent-owned arm of McDonald's Corp. and the burger chain’s largest national system outside the United States, reported that its daily sales hit an all-time high last Saturday. Despite struggling with a...

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CHICAGO An experienced hand at selling private companies to the public has been named chief financial officer of Potbelly Sandwich Works, the 140-unit, privately-owned fast-casual chain based here. James Hirshorn assumes the CFO’s title...

PHILADELPHIA Aramark Corp., the foodservice contractor based here, appointed Frank Sica vice president of client solutions and strategy and named Carmen Torzon director of business development for the Western region of its sports and entertainment...