Kona Grill Inc., the 23-unit casual-dining grill and sushi chain, has appointed industry veteran Marci Rude to the new position of vice president of development...
When same-store sales at Applebee’s turned negative in the third quarter after being positive for more than a year, officials at Glendale, Calif.-based parent DineEquity Inc. blamed a Stacked Stuffed & Topped limited-time offer that just...
I met Allen Bernstein in the mid-1970s, when Allen was operating Hardee’s units on Long Island, and I was the general manager of a group of McDonald’s restaurants in New York. We immediately recognized our mutual interests and...
If the economic downturn, Occupy Wall Street and the riots overseas have taught us anything, it’s that many people lack a basic understanding of core economic concepts. I’m not talking about the macroeconomic issues discussed in the...