No-e-mail Fridays—that idea is not an official policy, but just the suggestion of a prohibiting electronic messaging for one day a week was enough to improve communication within Marco’s Pizza, the 171-unit Toledo, Ohio-based chain...
WASHINGTON —Speakers, attendees and panelists at the 2008 Women’s Foodservice Forum leadership development conference reflected on advances made by the industry’s female executives during the WFF’s...
MIAMI After a lengthy dispute with a farm workers advocacy group, Burger King said Friday that it would pay an extra penny per pound for tomatoes grown in Florida. The No. 2 burger chain also said it would encourage grower participation in the...
DALLAS Brinker International Inc. said it has franchised five Chili’s Grill & Bar units in the Toronto area to Top Down Enterprises Inc., an operator of Chili’s restaurants elsewhere in Canada. Under the terms of the agreement, TDE will...
LOUISVILLE Ky. The Yum Brands Foundation and the Yum China Division have donated $2.3 million for disaster relief in China, parent company Yum! Brands Inc. said. Yum said the money was given to the China Poverty Alleviation Foundation, the...
Restaurants that have never been shy about offering meal discounts to drive traffic are growing even bolder as they compete for dollars that consumers don’t want to give up easily in bad economic times. Promotions now bear such themes...
When San Francisco chef Nate Appleman opens his third restaurant in November, the Italian eatery will include space for butchering whole animals. That’s partly because Appleman, co-owner of the regional Italian restaurants A16 and SPQR...
NEW YORK NexCen Brands Inc., parent to various foodservice brands including Maggie Moo’s, Marble Slab and Great American Cookies, said Monday that it may not survive as a company should it not increase its liquidity and pay off $21 million in debt...
CARROLLTON TEXAS T.G.I. Friday’s president and chief executive, recalls that people in the industry thought “we were nuts” when the chain began offering smaller portions at lower prices a year ago. ...
