Asian-inspired chains are tapping appetites that have propelled that continent’s cuisines into the American consumer mainstream, though some prominent brands have shrunk in size recently or curtailed growth plans.Nonetheless, Asian menu offerings...
DALLAS When Chris Dahlander was a Boy Scout, he went on a camping trip that would change his thinking about the environment, and ultimately how restaurants should operate. It started with a campfire and a penny. The guide threw the penny...
DALLAS When Chris Dahlander was a Boy Scout, he went on a camping trip that would change his thinking about the environment, and ultimately how restaurants should operate. It started with a campfire and a penny. The guide threw the penny...
NEW YORK The franchisor of Maggie Moo’s and Pretzel Time has added a cookie brand to its lineup of treat concepts with the $93.7 million purchase of Great American Cookie Co., licensor of more than 300 stores in shopping malls in the Southeast and...
DALLAS Three NFL players are throwing their weight behind a Chili’s Grill & Bar promotion for the casual chain’s new Smokehouse Bacon Burgers, a collaboration also intended to raise funds for charity. Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian...
HOUSTON Just a day after Landry’s Restaurant Inc. revealed that a buyout offer had been submitted by its chairman, at least one securities law firm is circling the casual-dining company’s shareholders, initiating what it called an “investigation”...
A mother of four children, Jan O’Connor wanted to make extra cash when she applied for a waitress job at a Monical’s Pizza in Bradley, Ill. That was 27 years ago. Today she’s still a Monical’s server. “I didn’t think it would last this...
Think of “American food” and there’s a good chance you will visualize a hamburger, French fries and a milk shake. But why? Why have chopped beefcakes on buns paired with strings of fried potatoes and ice cream puréed with milk and syrup become the...
