CANTON Mass. The opening today of a Dunkin’ Donuts outlet in Taipei City, Taiwan, marks the first step in the chain’s overall plan to expand into mainland China. Owned by Dunkin' Brands Inc., the 7,123-unit coffee-and-baked-goods chain ...
Shortly before the end of 2006, a Houlihan’s restaurant in the Convention Center District of Austin, Texas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and shuttered its doors after just six months in operation.The reasons, according to bankruptcy...
Rick Van Beveren, owner-operator of Reedville Café in Hillsboro, Ore., had “mixed motives” for installing new energy-efficient gas fryers in his family-owned casual restaurant.“I don’t know if we’re the greenest restaurant around, but we’re above...
OKLAHOMA CITY Add Sonic Drive-Ins to the list of chain and independent restaurants that are betting on talent contest tie-ins to snag attention during the normally slow post-holiday season. With broadcasters fighting for viewers with...
GOLDEN Colo. Boston Market has alerted employees that the fast-casual chain may be sold by McDonald’s Corp., its owner for about seven years, so the burger giant can focus more intently on its core business. ABoston Market spokeswoman...
Big-name national dinnerhouse chains are not the only players able to land choice locations in new and refurbished regional retail malls. While mall developers have learned that chains like The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang’s China...
Big-name national dinnerhouse chains are not the only players able to land choice locations in new and refurbished regional retail malls. While mall developers have learned that chains like The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang’s China...
When Black Enterprise magazine named Steve Davis one of the “75 Most Powerful African Americans in Corporate America,” it was even before he became chief executive and chairman of Bob Evans Farms Inc., a publicly held company that...
Eager to sift through the blizzard of operating and financial data that swirls about a restaurant chain, some multiunit operators are turning to sophisticated above-store reporting, or ASR, systems for decision-making guidance.ASR is the practice...
