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Restaurants are lightening their menus as the weather warms up, adding bright fruit flavors and seasonal vegetables, as well as taking advantage of recent price decreases for seafood. Asian-themed menus are also popping up this season.Click here...
DENVER Spicy Pickle Franchising Inc., parent of the 34-unit Spicy Pickle and 17-unit Bread Garden Urban Cafe fast-casual chains, has hired franchise-system veteran Mark Laramie as chief executive officer. Officials of Denver-based Spicy Pickle...
April may have spring showers and flowers, but for most Americans the month stands out as a time of paying taxes. Restaurants are attempting to alleviate some of the pain by offering deals to draw in those weary of writing checks to revenue...
RICHARDSON Texas Wingstop Restaurants Inc., the parent to the 440-unit chicken-wing chain, has been acquired by an affiliate of private-equity firm Roark Capital Group, the companies said Monday.The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, was...
BROOMFIELD Colo. Noodles & Company said it has completed the rollout of its new sandwich line to the 40-unit Colorado market and added a fourth product to the category. The 225-unit chain in February said it was augmenting its pasta...
SAN DIEGO McDonald's is the latest restaurant chain to join HealthyDiningFinder.com, a website that helps consumers identify more healthful meals when dining out, Healthy Dining, the cooperative of nutrition experts behind...
Despite continuing economic weakness, Downing Barber says it’s time to resume growing Barberitos, the fast-casual, fresh-Mex concept he founded 10 years ago.The 22-unit chain, which Barber launched in Athens, Ga., in January 2000, specializes in...
VANCOUVER Wash. Lee Equity Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has signed an agreement to purchase Papa Murphy’s International, the take-home pizza franchisor currently owned by Charlesbank Capital Partners.Terms of the deal for the...
NEW YORK Despite choppy results for the casual-dining segment in February overall, positive sales trends were reported for the latter two weeks of the month and analysts are upgrading future outlooks for key brands. Major restaurant companies like...
