NEW YORK —Investors looking to purchase restaurant stocks at their lowest points and ahead of an upswing projected by year’s end could prop up industry stock prices in the near term, despite the...
One of America’s wealthiest men recently became a Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee, but the franchisor had relatively little to do with the deal. Instead, an outside company that the chain’s franchisees use to help them sell their units...
MIAMI A group representing farm workers in southwestern Florida said it was delivering more than 70,000 petitions Monday afternoon to Burger King Corp.’s headquarters here to protest the chain’s refusal to join McDonald’s and Yum! Brands’ chains...
NEW YORK New York State Restaurant Association appeals a federal judge’s ruling that would enact a controversial calorie-posting regulation here, a growing number of food-service operators are revamping their menus and finding that the information...
In the early 1990s, Phil Greifeld and two partners tried to make a go of operating home-furnishings stores in the Northeast. It didn’t work out, and by 1995 they liquidated the business. “Then I had to go out and look for a job,” he...
CARPINTERIA Calif. The Carl’s Jr. and Jack in the Box regional burger chains have both reached back to 2006 for their latest limited-time promotional offers. Carl’s is touting heat with its Jalapeno Chicken Sandwich, a riff on the Jalapeno Burger...
The jalapeño has come a long way since crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. Long a staple ingredient of traditional Mexican cuisine, the spicy, thick green chile—which turns red when ripened and becomes the popular chipotle when dried and...
ARNOLD DOMINGUEZ: DEL TACOArnold Dominguez knows it’s going to be another one of those doom-and-gloom staff meetings when the person in charge of purchasing opens by saying, “Please don’t shoot the messenger….” Invariably of late...
GOLDEN Colo. Boston Market said it is continuing its effort to rework its menu with more "chef-inspired" dishes with the introduction this spring of four promotional Italian items. The new limited-time options are Tuscan Herb Rotisserie...
DUBLIN Ohio Wendy’s International Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Arby’s parent Triarc Cos. in a stock swap valued at $2.34 billion, ending a year of speculation about the burger giant’s fate. Triarc, the most visible holding of activist...
