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Shakey’s USA Inc. has enlisted a new ally in its revitalization efforts. Arby’s veteran Bert Hunter, owner-operator of the recently unveiled Shakey’s in Auburn, Ala., the chain’s first store to open east of California in four decades, has passed a...
High real estate costs have conspired with record-high prices for gas and commodities to slow expansion for many restaurant companies, but operators are finding development bargains by converting defunct restaurant spaces into their own concepts...
ORLANDO, FLA. Darden Restaurants Inc. has honored 10 purveyors with its annual William B. Darden Distinguished Supplier Awards. —The awards, which are named for the company’s founder...
SANTA MONICA Calif. Monday nights used to be dead at JiRaffe, a Cali-French outpost here owned by chef Raphael Lunetta. While diners scrambled for one of its 80 seats Thursday through Saturday, on Mondays “they wouldn’t come near us,” Lunetta says...
MARYVILLE Tenn. Ruby Tuesday Inc. has converted the Asian fast-casual concept it bought last summer for $1 million into a full-service operation, according to a securities filing. The revamped restaurant retained the name Wok Hay, a Chinese...
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association fired off a letter yesterday to one of ethanol’s leading proponents in Congress, thanking Sen. Charles Grassley for his past support but declaring the industry could not abide with policies that...
MIAMI Burger King and Pokemon USA Inc. have partnered for a Kids Meal promotion, which will offer an exclusive Pokemon Trading Card Game card and accessory with the purchase of a meal. The promotion is scheduled to run from July 7 through...
NEW YORK Renowned restaurateurs Sarabeth and Bill Levine, operators of five-unit Sarabeth’s Kitchen, have inked a deal with foodservice contractor Compass Group North America to open units of their upscale bakery-café concept in the Lord & Taylor...
