T.J. Schier started his career in high school with a pizza chain, working there through college and then staying with the company while advancing to vice president of field operations. He went out on his own after 18 years to work as a consultant...
My last column (“Smart operators can make the most of a lean economy…,” March 3) generated a lot of reader response. Most of you agreed with my point of view—that smart operators market their way through tough times while shortsighted...
When the buyout bubble burst last year, not all restaurant-related deals were washed away.Instead, the deals—still driven largely by the same private-equity firms behind the shopping spree of recent years—now take into account the limited access...
Leading ice cream chains are gearing up for their peak promotional season, and marketing executives say they’re confident that consumers who are trying to watch their spending in a bleak economy won’t cut back on treats.Popular promotions from...
DALLAS Pizza Hut said it would start delivering family-sized servings of pasta entrees systemwide on April 6. Two delivery pasta choices will be offered: creamy chicken alfredo and meat marinara. Each is priced at $11.95, which is the same...
ATLANTA Raving Brands Inc. said today that it had agreed to sell its PJ’s Coffee division to New Orleans Roast LLC and New Orleans Brew LLC of Louisiana. Terms were not disclosed. The deal, which includes franchise rights to the 48-unit...
Legal challenges were expected to delay the March 31 implementation of New York City’s landmark menu-labeling mandate, but similar legislation gained ground nationwide and in Congress this month as operators decried the snowballing of efforts to...
NEW ORLEANS Al Copeland, founder of the Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and Copeland’s of New Orleans chains, died Sunday at a clinic in Germany, where he was being treated for cancer of the salivary gland. He was 64. Aflamboyant figure who...
