LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC is promoting its line of Famous Bowls with a sweepstakes and a “What Wrong Would You Right” contest tied to the Sept. 27 premiere of “My Name is Earl” on NBC. Consumers can enter the sweepstakes by visiting the KFC...
Qdoba Mexican Grill takes a different approach to its business from its fellow Denver-based fast-casual burrito chain, Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle restaurants are all company-owned. Qdoba, whose management has been known to...
We work in a chaotic industry where success—or failure—is often determined by pennies earned or pennies lost on a store-by-store, period-by-period, shift-by-shift basis. So as we rush headlong into the final quarter of 2007, I thought it might be...
Air travel, buffeted by an unprecedented number of flight delays and cancellations, has become more nerve-wracking except among one particular flight-dependent contingent: the airport foodservice operators who are crediting sales increases of up...
Pittsburgh is not known for setting culinary trends, but some restaurant operators in the area are well ahead of the curve. Eat’n Park, a 79-unit family-dining chain based there, rolled out espresso machines in 2003, shortly after improving the...
SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. chairman Howard Schultz predicted Friday that rising worldwide demand for better coffees would lead to a shortage of premium arabica beans for the coffee giant’s competitors. In an interview with the Reuters news...
LOS ANGELES Johnson Development Corp., the urban-development company led by basketball great Magic Johnson, has named foodservice veteran Eric Holoman president. Among his stated responsibilities is managing the company's relationships...
IRVINE Calif. Taco Bell will feature the three winners of its “TV Me!” talent contest in the chain’s first “avatarsment,” scheduled to air during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. The TV spot will feature the winners as avatars, the...
DENVER The nearly 400-unit Qdoba Mexican Grill chain is adding shredded pork and barbecue sauce to the menu. The seasoned, slow-simmered shredded pork can be added to such items as tacos, burritos, salads, quesadillas and nachos. The fast...
ST. LOUIS Sweet Traditions, a Krispy Kreme franchisee with development rights for Illinois, northwest Indiana and eastern Missouri, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, less than two weeks after the bankruptcy filing of a California...
