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As director of foodservice for the eight-unit Central Market supermarket chain, David Sonzogni is one of the people helping to further blur the line between grocery stores and fine-dining restaurants.In his position, Sonzogni, who during his 30...
It used to be when folks dined out they mostly ordered the more fattening, fried foods available to them, heavy on the sauces and pretty big and beefy. That’s not the case for customers of Palo Alto, Calif.-based contract foodservice...
At only 4 years old, Walter Staib had already begun what would become a five-decade culinary career by peeling garlic at his uncle’s restaurant. The third-generation restaurateur says that when he was growing up in the Black Forest region of...
TAYLORS S.C. —Fatz Cafe has two rules it lives by, and the rules are posted on the chain’s website for all to see: “1) Regulars get treated special, and 2) Everyone’s a regular!” Company...
CARPINTERIA Calif. CKE Restaurants Inc., the parent to the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s brands, entered into fixed interest rate swap agreements with various bankers in order to stabilize future interest payments on $200 million of the company’s $270...
DALLAS Brinker International Inc. has signed an agreement with HMSHost Corp. to develop 26 restaurants over the next five years. The restaurants will be in airports and toll-road locations and include the Brinker brands of Chili's Grill &...
NEW YORK The city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene characterized yesterday's federal court dismissal of the agency's controversial menu-labeling rule as a temporary setback that would keep calorie information off local menus for just "a...
