NASHVILLE Tenn. The O'Charley's casual-dining chain has updated eight traditional dishes in a new promotion called Flavor Road. The items are the first limited-time offers developed by the concept’s new research and development chef, Stephen...
HOUSTON Luby's Inc., operator of 128 namesake cafeterias, has opened its first new restaurant in seven years, a prototype in Cypress, Texas. Luby’s plans to add four to six units in 2008 that incorporate the new prototype’s design, said...
Beckoning to prospective franchisees with little or no restaurant experience, the fledgling Franktitude gourmet hot dog chain hopes to ride a simple menu and streamlined business model to success in the quick-service segment. Indeed, ease...
As the casual-dining crisis continues, some of the struggling segment’s national players are shedding prominent yet underperforming brands to focus resources on core concepts while regional chains go upscale in bids to bolster the ranks of fast...
CULVER CITY CALIF. — A full-service, build-your-own-burger franchise concept from Southern California called The Counter is scheduled to open in Plano, Texas, this week, marking the fourth unit in...
A direct-plumbed cooking-oil disposal system that links fryers in the kitchens of a Harvard University dining hall to storage tanks on its loading dock eliminates the laborious, messy and potentially hazardous work of manually dumping spent...
NEW YORK Frozen yogurt is back, and the long lines at Pinkberry, the largest in a new crop of concepts here, are forcing the company to make operational changes to handle the volume. The chain, launched in Los Angeles in 2004, opened its...
