CALABASAS HILLS Calif. The Cheesecake Factory Inc. increased its share repurchase authorization by 10 million shares, the company reported Wednesday, bringing its total buyback plan to 12.4 million shares, or about 16 percent of total shares...
NEW YORK New York City officials said the recent attempt by Wendy’s International to dodge the menu-labeling requirement that takes effect here this summer is not going to work. But the outcome but a similar try by the White Castle chain is...
Asian noodles don’t always come steaming in a piping hot bowl. Countries throughout East Asia, especially in the north, also have traditions of serving their noodles cold. The Japanese buckwheat noodles soba, for example, usually are...
Major restaurant chains have long relied on computerized sales forecasts or old-school human analysis to determine whether or not to invest in a new location. Now many franchised brands are learning that one of the byproducts of such research can...
Revamping, revitalizing and re-energizing are the watchwords of family-dining establishments working to keep a vice-like grip on their core customers—families with kids in tow.With increasing competition from fast feeders offering beefed up...
DUBLIN, Ohio Wendy’s International Inc. said it added two senior vice presidents to its management team, one to lead the newly formed Innovation and Strategy Group and the other to manage the brand’s supply chain. Wendy’s named Paul...
MINNEAPOLIS Caribou Coffee Co. Inc. has hired operations and human-resources veteran Roz Mallet as the coffee chain’s new president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Mallet moves to Caribou from La Madeleine French Bakery...
ST. LOUIS Mo. The 1,945-unit Hardee’s quick-service chain is trying cell-phone-delivered coupons in Indianapolis and St. Louis in a bid to boost traffic without the usual promotional costs. Consumers can access digital buy-one-get-one-free...
DALLAS Taco Bueno Restaurants said it granted franchise development rights to three groups for 16 units in Louisiana, a new market for the chain. Dan Perry and Green, Herrington & Howell, Inc., an Arkansas development corporation, plan to...
NEW YORK Yum! Brands U.S. president Emil Brolick issued an apology today for "any inconvenience" that a rat infestation of a Taco Bell-KFC combo unit here may have caused. Earlier in the day, local media reported that holes in the...
