Over the next few weeks, Nation’s Restaurant News will publish its annual Top 100 and Second 100 issues, providing a unique look at the restaurant industry’s largest chains and companies, the fastest-growing brands, the industry’s highest-grossing...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Back Yard Burgers Inc., franchisor of the namesake regional quick-service chain, has agreed to be acquired for $38 million by a group led by Steve Lynn, a former chairman and chief executive of Sonic Corp. and Shoney's Inc. ...
Restaurant chains, often with sizeable franchisee bases, are reducing expenditures tied to printing and shipping menus and marketing materials by leveraging the Internet and Web-applications-based printing management systems. In...
ATLANTA Carvel Ice Cream, Cinnabon and Schlotzsky’s Deli restaurant concepts and franchise operator of Seattle’s Best Coffee outlets on military bases and in certain international markets, has presented its annual leadership award to Mike Shattuck...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Kahala-Cold Stone, a holding company for 13 restaurant and retail brands, has named Global Icons as the exclusive licensing agent for the concern's Cold Stone Creamery ice cream chain. Kahala-Cold Stone said Los Angeles...
SCOTTSDALE ARIZ. —The summer forecast is out, and the ice cream segment is expected to be hot. Cold Stone Creamery is raising the competitive temperature with the launch of its first national integrated campaign since the chain...
Foodservice executives who still believed that taking a swipe at competitors in an ad campaign was a risk-free move were reminded recently of the dangers of making rivals the butt of humor in comparative-marketing efforts. That reminder...
CHICAGO National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. —More than 350 restaurant operators toasted, and sampled, their peers’ creativity at this year’s MenuMasters awards ceremony at the Drake Hotel here during...
GOLDEN Colo. Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc., the bagel-chain operator formerly known as New World Restaurant Group Inc., began trading today on the Nasdaq exchange under BAGL, after setting its offering Thursday of 5 million common shares at ...
The term “cool as a cucumber” has taken on a new meaning at both finedining and casual chain restaurants. While not regarded in the past as a particularly stylish ingredient by either front- or back-of-the-house trendmakers, the cucumber seems to...
