As cash-strapped diners clamor for meal deals, they still crave quality, so restaurant chains intent on proving their products’ superiority are promoting the results of taste tests in new marketing campaigns.Dunkin’ Donuts is touting the taste of...

ORLANDO Fla. —Red Lobster, in a bid to heat up sales gone cold and spark customer interest, has installed wood-fire grills in all of its 680 units, part of an ongoing plan to boost the chain’s number...

Football has played a major role in the life of Peter Cancro, founder and chief executive of Jersey Mike’s Subs, based in Manasquan, N.J. From Pop Warner leagues to playing for his high school team, the sport and the coaches he encountered...

Over the past decade or so, much has been made in the Scottish whisky market of special wood finishes, using everything from sherry wood to Sauternes wood in a sort of “second aging” of the spirit. What is less discussed, however, is the wood in...

LOS ANGELES —With financial backing harder to come by in today’s tough economy, restaurant deal makers here say the flow of new restaurants may slow to a trickle. For now, however, Los Angeles...

NEW YORK —Restaurants use five times more energy and water than other commercial buildings, so they have a unique responsibility to make good ecological decisions, said a group of restaurateurs...