HOUSTON In an ongoing push to reposition itself as a high-end restaurant and entertainment-venue operator, Landry's Restaurants Inc. has alerted the board of Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc. that it intends to acquire the upscale steakhouse...

VANCOUVER Wash. The Burgerville quick-service chain said it has now buying the eggs for its breakfast menu from a Washington State producer that does not keep its chickens in cages or use feed that contains animal matter. The birds are also...

BOSTON Au Bon Pain has signed a master franchise deal with Tokyo-based restaurant operator Reins International Inc., which said it will open 300 of the brand’s bakery-cafe units throughout Japan. Reins operates about 1,400 restaurants...

ST. LOUIS Hardee's is breaking out the heavy artillery in the escalating quick-service breakfast wars with the rollout of the Monster Biscuit, an a.m. version of its popular Monster Thickburger oversized sandwich. The new breakfast...

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