Consumer demand for restaurant brands is re-energizing a 69-year-old federal program that trains blind and visually impaired entrepreneurs to manage foodservice operations that ring up hundreds of millions of dollars in sales at federal buildings...
Coffeehouses nationwide are stepping up efforts to build customer loyalty by adding beverage variety, new dining room amenities, more drive-thrus and improved customer service as they strive to woo patrons away from segment leader...
Operators considering the addition of wood-fired pizza to their menus should have a realistic grasp of the commitment the item requires, said Karen Malody, a Seattle-based foodservice consultant. “When it’s done right, it’s a beautiful thing,”...
MIAMI Benihana Inc., operator or franchisor of 59 namesake teppanyaki restaurants and 20 other Japanese eateries, posted flat net income for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 1, as strong sales were offset by higher labor, occupancy...
Chop't Creative Salad Co. is fanatic about refrigeration. After all, the New York operator of fast-casual salad restaurants is all about cold salads made to order. It starts before the ingredients reach the company's three stores. When...
ST. PETERSBURG FLA. —Once called “God’s Waiting Room,” this water-front metropolis on the west side of Tampa Bay in recent years has shed its reputation as a place for the newly wed or newly dead and...
Be prepared. That is the mantra, as well as the operations challenge, at Chop't Creative Salad Co. in New York City, a pioneer among the numerous fast-casual salad concepts that are cropping up across the United States. Since it opened its first...
OAK BROOK, Ill. McDonald’s Corp. plans to double the number of its restaurants in Poland, from 210 to 420, over the next decade, according to a company statement. McDonald’s Polska opened its first restaurant in the country in Warsaw in...
INDIANAPOLIS Steak n Shake said it has hired Omar Janjua as executive vice president of operations. Janjua previously led operations services at Pizza Hut and earlier worked in restaurant finance, concept development, and franchise...
