SANTA BARBARA CALIF. In-N-Out Burger’s market share and the expansion aims of several other burger brands with formidable pedigrees. —The Habit Burger Grill, a 23-unit chain with a cult...
The nation’s leading pizza chains have always competed on product and price, but the use of new technology as a marketing channel is becoming just as important as the latest meal deal or promotional item.Interactive campaigns, mobile coupons and...
RIDGELAND Miss. The McAlister’s Deli fast-casual chain has promoted Ken Green to the new post of chief operating officer. Green, who joined McAlister’s last September, retains his duties as senior vice president for operations at the 260...
As their aggregate top-line and new-unit growth rates slowed, the nation’s 100 largest foodservice brands nonetheless punched through the $200 billion barrier in U.S. systemwide sales in their latest full fiscal years, only to confront worsening...
Despite consumers’ abiding attraction to indulgent sweets and specialty drinks, the industry’s leading beverage and snack chains are proving not to be immune to economic and competitive pressures.The segment has witnessed changes in leadership...
Are sugar-loving Americans in the nation’s heartland ready for the tart taste of newfangled “natural” frozen yogurt that’s become trendy in Los Angeles and New York?Though that question awaits a clear answer, many established and upstart frozen...
Feathers have been flying in the quick-service chicken sector as two major brands retool under new ownership, a third adjusts to a change in executive leadership and all struggle to compensate for soaring commodity costs and endlessly spiraling...
GOLDEN Colo. The current credit crunch in financial markets has forced Good Times Restaurants Inc., the parent of the 54-unit Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, to scale back its expansion plans into the Midwest, the company said Thursday. ...
ATLANTA Daryl Dollinger has succeeded Stephen M. LaMastra as president of Raving Brands in an executive shake-up that included the departure of at least five other high-level officials, the multiconcept quick-service franchisor confirmed Thursday...
