Despite the quagmire in commercial lending making access to credit difficult, financing remains available for qualified foodservice franchisees, say lawyers, franchising experts and Small Business Administration...
As the economy continues its downward spiral, restaurant owners expect private-banquet and corporate-gala business to be anything but merry and bright this holiday season.Usually, autumn is a time of year when...
PLANO TEXAS Bennigan’s and Steak and Ale brands, franchisees of Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern had met with executives to discuss the state of the company. —About 90...
When Joshua Richman joined the six-unit Happi House fast-casual chain as president and chief executive in March, his instructions from the board were to grow the brand. After a 12-year lull in...
Big American restaurant chains have been hitting grand slams in the international arena, but a worldwide economic slowdown and a rising number of foreign foodservice competitors are threatening to shut out successful...
When brainstorming concepts, restaurateurs say they tap the same well of inspiration to conceive their projects that writers, painters, composers, choreographers and preachers do: life, the universe and everything in...
CHICAGO —Restaurant employers could face public relations disasters if their economically driven decisions to close stores and lay off employees are perceived as a...
Crawford Ker, the president and founder of Largo, Fla.-based Ker’s WingHouse Bar & Grill, says he is tapping into a personal reservoir of confidence, courage and integrity derived from years in the...
As the slowed economy speeds up the number of restaurant liquidations and reorganizations nationwide, an unprecedented glut of shuttered chain outlets is expected to flood the commercial real estate market with...