CHARLOTTE N.C. Jerry Richardson, majority owner of Bojangles Holdings, parent of the 426-unit fast-food chicken chain, and owner of the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers, is continuing to recover after undergoing heart transplant...
Afunny thing happened on the way to this column. To do my usual research, I turned to the usual suspects: chain menus, recent NRN stories, USDA statistics and Google. What I discovered from that last resource was truly eye-opening. There is a...
Feathers have been flying in the quick-service chicken sector as two major brands retool under new ownership, a third adjusts to a change in executive leadership and all struggle to compensate for soaring commodity costs and endlessly spiraling...
ORLANDO Fla. Donatos Pizza has closed its remaining seven company-owned restaurants here after closing four last October. Donatos made the decision in part because the cost of running them was too high, company president Jane Grote Abell told the...
DUBLIN OHIO. Wendy’s International Inc., a question facing operators and onlookers is how much the No. 3 burger brand is worth, especially if the chain’s same-store sales keep sliding and thousands of restaurant remodelings are needed, as...
NRN checks in with restaurant operators in Tampa, Fla. and Charlotte, N.C.
