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NEW YORK Wendy’s International would not exempt the chain from a new law requiring that its restaurants here post calorie content information directly on menus and menu boards. But similar efforts by White Castle just might work because of their...
Two little words—“in China”—deleted from a franchising law could make a big difference between profits or perils for American restaurant chains that have yet to open in the world’s fastest-growing economy. The recent sigh of...
ATLANTA El Pollo Loco fast-casual and Charlie Brown’s steak-house chains. —Rare Hospitality International Inc. has agreed to sell its 31-unit Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse chain for $28 million to...
DUBLIN, OHIO Wendy’s International Inc. has 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. ...
MINNEAPOLIS Caribou Coffee Co. Inc., the coffeehouse segment’s No. 2 operator, has hired operations and human resources veteran Roz Mallet as its new president and chief operating officer. ...
DALLAS —The seafood segment, long dominated by casual-dining and fine-dining formats and recently appearing to trend up-market along with the soaring cost of fish, is seeing innovation from fast...
COLUMBUS Ohio Citing winter weather that negatively affected sales throughout much of the company's operating markets, Bob Evans Farms Inc. said year-over-year, same-store sales for the four weeks ended Feb. 23 declined 0.7 percent at its Bob...
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...
