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With economic storm warnings intensifying, multiconcept casual-dining innovators nationwide are shoring up their holdings but still exploiting opportunities to expand while remaining moderately bullish. Companies known for continually...
Ever since Applebee’s merged with IHOP last year, Shannon Johnson, the casual-dining chain’s director of culinary innovation and development, has been extremely busy. A media relations staffer at Applebee’s headquarters equated...
AVERY ISLAND La. Louisiana has unveiled a $650,000 marketing push for the state’s restaurants and food producers, which are still trying to rebuild their business after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Chuck Morse...
For Edward Brown, who opened eighty one on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in February, the plan for his restaurant was complex in its simplicity. “I wanted to make a restaurant that I wanted to dine in often, that has an umbrella...
Amid all the negative economic news—and there is a lot of it—some restaurant brands have been able to beat the odds, weathering the dramatic drop in consumer spending that has led to a slew of negative or barely positive same-store sales reports...
GLENDALE CALIF. —Nestlé Foodservices North America said it will now operate as Nestlé Professional. The globally managed business said the new name reflects a restructuring to allow for closer...
CANTON Mass. Dunkin’ Brands Inc., parent of the Dunkin’ Donuts quick-service bakery chain, said it would roll out a line of “Better-for-You” menu items this summer. Joe Scafido, Dunkin's chief creative...
T.J. Schier started his career in high school with a pizza chain, working there through college and then staying with the company while advancing to vice president of field operations. He went out on his own after 18 years to work as a consultant...
PORTLAND Ore. New technology was unveiled Monday that allows restaurant chains and other retailers to tie their customer-loyalty programs to a customer’s credit or debit card, eliminating the need for a separate loyalty card. Chockstone Inc...