Einstein Noah: Menu, marketing to drive sales

LAKEWOOD Colo. Bagel shop parent Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. plans to roll out more new products and increase its advertising this year as it comes off a slow fourth quarter.

Same-store sales for the system fell 1 percent for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, following a third-quarter same-store sales drop of 1.7 percent. In both year-earlier quarters, same-store sales were positive.

At Einstein Noah’s corporate locations, same-store