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Ken K. Shida, the president of Shidax Corp., has international ambitions for his $1.5 billion Tokyo-based firm. With more than 303 karaoke shops and 3,000 on-site locations in schools, hospitals, businesses and nursing homes...
CHEYENNE Wyo. The Taco John’s quick-service chain has alerted the operators of its 400 units that an E.coli contamination of a branch in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, may have been what caused 33 people to get sick since last Tuesday. Franchisor Taco...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Canteen Corp., the vending, dining and office coffee-service division of Compass Group USA, appointed Ron Erhardt regional vice president for its metro New York/New Jersey operations. Erhardt, a 2006 winner of the...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. has named Tim McDougall, a former ad agency and sports-marketing executive, its chief marketing officer. McDougall will be responsible for developing brand strategy for the company’s three...
GARDEN CITY N.J. The family of an 11-year-old boy sickened with E. coli symptoms after eating three tacos at a Taco Bell restaurant in Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y. has filed a lawsuit against Taco Bell, charging the 5,800-unit quickservice Mexican...
IRVINE Calif. Taco Bell Corp. has directed the chain’s 5,800 domestic units to discard green onions from their kitchens after tests suggested the ingredient could be the source of an E.coli outbreak in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. ...
MINNEAPOLIS Casual-dining veteran Modesto Alcala will step down as chief operating officer of Buca di Beppo parent Buca Inc. on Jan. 2, the company said today. No reason was given for Alcala’s departure, and no successor was named. ...
HOUSTON Mexican Restaurants Inc., parent of the Casa Ole chain, said Friday that Curt Glowacki had resigned as president and chief executive, effective Dec. 15. Lou Neeb, MRI’s chairman, was named Glowacki’s replacement as CEO. Lou Porry...
Careers in the movie industry were not very promising when Mike Schneider graduated from Florida State University in 1972 with a degree in television and motion picture production. Landing a job as a bartender was the closest he came to...
