DALLAS Chili’s Grill & Bar has named Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday of Boston as its agency of record. The account is valued at more than $100 million. The agency replaces Omnicom Group’s GSD&M of Austin, Texas, which had held the...
ROCKY MOUNT N.C. Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the largest Hardee’s franchisee, said it has purchased 34 units in North Carolina from the concept’s franchisor, marking the biggest expansion in Boddie-Noell’s 45-year history. Terms were not disclosed...
Quick-service chains are stepping up already increased a.m. efforts to feed time-pressed consumers by making breakfast-on-the-go more convenient. While a few long-time breakfast leaders, namely McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts, are...
ATLANTA Huddle House. —Other family-dining chains have revamped their menus and altered their marketing strategies to thwart casual dining’s invasion of their turf, but not Sure, the 430-unit chain...
If the topic of local food comes up at any conference I attend, inevitably someone will say “but of course chain restaurants can’t use local food.” In fact they can, and some do. Quick-service burger chains Burgerville of Vancouver...
As the casual-dining crisis continues, some of the struggling segment’s national players are shedding prominent yet underperforming brands to focus resources on core concepts while regional chains go upscale in bids to bolster the ranks of fast...
The movement by multiunit operators to embrace above-store reporting systems—also known as business intelligence capabilities—continues at a brisk clip in foodservice.Above-store reporting, or ASR, entails collecting point-of-sale and back-office...
SEATTLE —As public support grows for menu-labeling mandates, restaurant industry officials nationwide who are considering whether they would fight nutritional-disclosure rules are awaiting the...
