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GOLDEN Colo. The restaurant industry’s discounting war has many fronts -- $5 foot-long sandwiches, $1 double cheeseburgers, two-for-$20 deals in casual dining -- and Boston Market on Monday launched a major offensive in the “kids eat free” battle...
SACRAMENTO Kids who eat dinner regularly with their families are less likely to smoke, drink or use drugs, according to research — and the California Restaurant Association is working to point out that those benefits can also be experienced when...
NEWARK N.J. The punishing macro-economic environment will provide the foodservice industry this year and next with two consecutive years of sales declines for the first time, according to the latest data from Technomic Inc.Foodservice sales this...
NEW YORK Executives from leading restaurant companies agreed during the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference here Wednesday that the future of the macro-economic environment remains difficult to decipher, but that the industry’s prospects can...
CARPINTERIA Calif. Second-quarter profit fell about 1 percent for CKE Restaurants Inc., as lower operating costs helped offset still-declining sales at the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s quick-service chains. For the quarter ended Aug. 10, CKE’s net...
NEW ORLEANS Naked Pizza, the single-unit, better-for-you pizza concept here, has followed up its May investment by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with an investment by The Kraft Group LLC that it said would help launch its franchising program...
SEATTLE Hooters franchisee Altium Development Group is set to open two units in the Seattle area that will feature a card room for table games such as Texas Hold’em, blackjack or mini baccarat. One of the two units, scheduled to open Sept. 24 in...
Steve Romaniello, managing director at Roark Capital Group and chairman of Focus Brands, is eager to get a center-of-the-plate concept into the private-equity firm’s portfolio.After securing $1 billion for Roark’s second institutional fund last...
ATLANTA —Despite another jump in the national unemployment rate and conflicting economic indicators released last month, a new survey shows that consumers’ plans to spend at restaurants are only improving as confidence in the economy...
CYPRESS Calif. Baja Fresh Mexican Grill chief executive David Kim, along with a group of investors, has acquired Atlanta-based better-burger concept Canyons Burger Company, with plans to franchise the two-unit chain, officials are expected to...
