Restaurant companies nationwide are examining their gift card programs in the wake of the Federal Trade Commission’s pending settlement with Darden Restaurants Inc., revealed this month, over its allegedly improper disclosures of ...
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. In the midst of working on a turnaround, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. announced Tuesday the resignation and replacement of its chief financial officer and general counsel and changes to its board of directors. The company...
You would think that flames shooting out of a human’s mouth in a TV commercial would be funny, and it is. You might also think that a flame shooting out of a human’s mouth is a predictable way to promote sandwiches called the...
ATLANTA Church’s Chicken Inc., the more than 1,500-unit fried-chicken chain based here. Williams most recently was vice president of human resources for Baja Fresh Mexican Restaurants and Wendy’s International. —Bonita “Bunny”...
“Change will come. It’s only a matter of who brings it.”—Richard C. Breeden, hedge fund manager, Applebee’s stake-holder, former SEC chairmanFor more than two years, the restaurant industry has witnessed and been affected by the heightened...
The founders of Sticky Fingers Corp. like to joke that they brought in industry veteran John Malone as president and chief executive last year because they were in need of adult supervision. Malone started out in the...
NEW YORK Standard & Poor’s Rating Services assigned Outback Steakhouse parent OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. non-investment-grade credit ratings, with a negative outlook, because of its “highly leveraged” capital structure as the restaurant operator...
