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WASHINGTON —While restaurant operators and association officials agree that the industry needs a uniform national nutrition-labeling standard to avoid a complex patchwork of state and local...
Brad Laughner of Buffalo Wild Wings knew the brand had hit on something good when he recently saw a woman camped out in front of a soon-to-open store near Kansas City, Mo., in the middle of the night. She was waiting with about...
After more than 34 years in the United States, Filipino-born Veny Gapud still has a strong accent, and although she has at times encountered gender or race discrimination, she has not let that erase her uniqueness or deter her from advancing in...
MIAMI Burger King-branded fries are headed to your home microwave. Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it has entered into a licensing deal with ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston to introduce a retail line of crispy, microwavable King Krinkz crinkle-cut fries...
LAS VEGAS Former McAlister’s Deli executive Patrick Walls has been named chief operating officer and general counsel of the 55-unit Capriotti’s sandwich chain, officials said Tuesday. Walls will oversee Capriotti’s restaurant operations...
DALLAS Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, will be celebrated as Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2009 Pioneer Award winner. —Long recognized as one of the pre-eminent developers of inventive and profitable restaurant concepts, Richard...
ATLANTA Industry veterans Dick Holbrook and Sam Haddock acquired the remaining equity in the breakfast- and lunch-focused J. Christopher’s family-dining brand for full control under new parent company J. Christopher’s Restaurants LLC. Financial...
WASHINGTON Twenty-one foodservice chains sent a letter to members of Congress on Friday urging lawmakers to broaden the scope of federal menu-labeling legislation to require more restaurant locations to post nutrition data. In a letter sent last...
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston is hosting a “Free Fries Fryday” July 24. Also this week: Manitowoc Foodservice, Protein Solutions, T. Marzetti Co., John Morrell & Co., Cargill Foodservice, Sunrise Foods, Foodsource, Ecolab, Ventura Foods, Simmons...
