GOLDEN Colo. The restaurant industry’s discounting war has many fronts -- $5 foot-long sandwiches, $1 double cheeseburgers, two-for-$20 deals in casual dining -- and Boston Market on Monday launched a major offensive in the “kids eat free” battle...
GOLDEN Colo. Boston Market said Thursday it named Fallon Minneapolis its advertising agency to help “reconnect with lapsed customers and attract a new generation” of patrons for the 550-unit chicken chain. Fallon Minneapolis will handle...
ATLANTA With the kick-off of the football season, some restaurant chains are scrambling for yardage with new menu items aimed at patrons who want to watch a game while they eat. Hooters, for instance, hit the field yesterday with four bargain...
Four meals under $4. Ten casual-dining dishes for $5.95 each. A 6-ounce sirloin and two sides for $9.99. Eleven meals at $5 each. It seems to be fire-sale time out there.Concepts in all segments are introducing sharply lower price points on key...
DALLAS Sun Capital Partners Inc. has emerged as the final bidder for Brinker International Inc.’s 224-unit Romano’s Macaroni Grill brand, TheDeal.com reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. Aspokeswoman for Brinker said...
GOLDEN Colo. Boston Market said it is continuing its effort to rework its menu with more "chef-inspired" dishes with the introduction this spring of four promotional Italian items. The new limited-time options are Tuscan Herb Rotisserie...
As the competition heats up in a challenging economy, one pizza chain has offered a simple thank you–in written form–to its guests. And the program has been helpful in boosting sales.Gatti’s Pizza of Austin, Texas, kicked off 2008 with a...
When the buyout bubble burst last year, not all restaurant-related deals were washed away.Instead, the deals—still driven largely by the same private-equity firms behind the shopping spree of recent years—now take into account the limited access...
BOSTON UFood Grill, the nine-unit fast-casual chain led by veteran concept developer George Naddaff, has signed George Foreman as its spokesman, franchisor UFood Restaurant Group Inc. said Tuesday. Under the restaurant company’s deal with...
