There are a lot of ways to describe a 50-year tenure in the industry. For IHOP, the journey can be best measured in the growth from one location to 1,344 units, and annual servings of more than 700 million pancakes, 1.5 million gallons of syrup...
ATLANTA Hooters plans to celebrate its 25th anniversary this year by giving away $25,000 at its restaurants on the 25th of every month. Customers who visit the restaurants that day are eligible to win an instant $25,000 prize or be one of...
DALLAS Brinker International Inc., parent to Chili’s Grill & Bar and other casual-dining brands, said today its second-quarter profit jumped 23 percent mainly on a gain from the sale of restaurants to a franchisee. For the quarter ended...
LOUISVILLE Ky. KFC said it would donate $260,000 to charity if a player or halftime performer at the Feb. 3 Super Bowl feels inspired to break into a “hot wings chicken dance.” The offer is part of a promotion for the chain...
DUBLIN OHIO —“The beginning of the problem really was when Gordon Teter died.” So says restaurant securities analyst Joe Buckley of Bear Stearns in New York, referring to the late...
Add this to the ever-growing list of current pressures on restaurant executives: job security. As if the economy, consumer skittishness, slowing sales, increasing costs and looming legislation weren’t enough to keep the restaurant chief executive...
MIAMI Burger King Corp. is being pressured by four U.S. senators to pay a penny more per pound for tomatoes from southwestern Florida, an extra outlay championed by a farm workers’ advocacy group there. The group, the Coalition of...
ST. LOUIS Hardee’s is offering a smoked sausage breakfast sandwich and two fish items for a limited time. The Smoked Sausage Biscuit is made with a split smoked sausage link served inside a buttermilk biscuit. The sandwich will be sold at...
With coffee category growth architect Howard Schultz again chief barista at Starbucks Corp., brand strategists say that company and its espresso-driven challenger McDonald’s both must address evolving taste trends to maintain or...
The influence of family can be a powerful motivator, but it was particularly important in the case of Warren Kingsbury, a new franchisee with Peter Piper Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz. He recently signed up to open five Peter Piper...
