Chain plans to add five IHOP U locations over two years

Eateries make donations, offer promotions to participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

NEW YORK —The restaurant industry’s merger-and-acquisition market is heating back up after a near blackout on buyouts caused by the credit crisis and the slumping economy. Combine two recent multi-million-dollar deals for Church...

ATLANTA Hooters of America Inc. will offer a half-pound cheeseburger with fries for $5.99 every Monday, beginning Jan. 4, in a “More Than a Mouthful” Monday promotion. The nationwide program, which a company spokeswoman said on Thursday is about a...

Even though restaurateurs and their customers felt the pressure to save more and spend less this past year, both groups maintained their appetites for giving money and donating time to charitable causes. Philanthropic activity in the restaurant...

PASADENA Calif. Tam O’Shanter Inn opened in Los Angeles in 1922, the company that later gave birth to the Lawry’s The Prime Rib and Five Crowns restaurants began a tradition of hiring women to serve food—a bold move given the role was more...