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New high-performance kitchen equipment will play a key role in a plan by O’Charley’s Inc. to make its restaurants more competitive in the casual-dining segment. A move to induction cookers, clamshell griddles, quesadilla presses and...
CARROLLTON Texas More than 600 domestic T.G.I. Friday’s restaurants on Monday began serving a chicken entree created by the winner of a cable network contest. The new Peruvian herb-roasted chicken dish was inspired by Amparo Alam, a 51-year...
“POS in transition” was the subject of a recent Nation’s Restaurant News story, but beyond that report there’s been no shortage of point-of-sale technology activity. For instance, McDonald’s is charting a POS course apart from Torex...
Anticipating greater demand for systems allowing consumers to order food remotely and electronically, operators big and small are adding technologies that enable ordering via text messages and Internet-capable mobile devices. Members of...
TAMPA FLA. Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., as the company works to regain traction and fuel growth at its Checkers and Rally’s double-drive-thru brands. –A roster of new initiatives is in...
CHINO Calif. In the largest beef recall in U.S. history, the Hallmark Meat Packing Co. and its affiliated Westland Meat Co. are trying to recover 143 million pounds of beef after a U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation revealed the...
CONSHOHOCKEN Pa. One of the country’s wealthiest individuals, the retired founder of a national bank, has purchased a minority stake in the 88-unit Saladworks chain and will join the executive committee of the board of directors. Vernon...
BELLINGHAM Mass. A group representing Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees in New England and New York is objecting to business deals made last year by franchisor Dunkin' Brands Inc. to sell the chain's coffee products in retail and on-site locations. ...
IRVINE Calif. Taco Bell has tied in to the release of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue with a microsite that allows visitors to become virtual photographers and shoot pictures of model Daniella Sarahyba. The site, www...
