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SEATTLE The advertising agency that dreamed up Starbuck’s free coffee promotion on Election Day has been named the coffeehouse giant’s agency of record, officials said Monday. BBDO New York succeeds former ad agency Wieden + Kennedy, based...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc. on Tuesday said Russell Owens, president of its Pei Wei Asian Diner division, would resign as of December to pursue other interests. The company said a search for Owens’ replacement would...
MILL VALLEY Calif. The 12-unit Piatti Ristorante & Bar, based here, said it is showcasing mushrooms on a special seasonal menu available Nov. 29 through Dec. 13 to augment the casual-dining chain’s regular Italian trattoria bill of fare. ...
OLYMPIA Wash. With a menu-labeling mandate scheduled to go into effect in Seattle’s King County in January, the Washington Restaurant Association is testing a program that aims to help restaurants offer more healthful options on menus statewide. ...
NEW YORK The Riese Organization, one of the largest restaurant operators and real-estate management companies in New York City, said this week it had exercised an option to purchase a two-story building in midtown Manhattan for $4 million. ...
SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. detailed expectations for “an extremely challenging fiscal 2009” in its annual report Monday, citing increased competition, the possibility for additional restructuring measures and the expectation of continued consumer...
TRENTON NJ New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday signed a bill that would support small to mid-size businesses, including restaurants, during the financial crisis currently afflicting the U.S. economy. The Main Street Business Assistance...
Casual-dining chains with a strong value message and all kinds of restaurants that are perceived as offering “real food” rank higher with consumers than do those seen as falling short in both areas, two recent studies indicate.Olive Garden...
DALLAS —Notable employment practices have not spared restaurant companies from the tough economy, but they have helped them better weather it, according to People Report officials. Although...
