America remains a litigious society, with its penchant for lawsuits so far managing to survive every effort at tort reform. In fact, the American tort system costs more than 2 percent of the gross domestic product, more than double the average...
Indulgence never goes out of style, and despite constant reports of macroeconomic pressures causing consumers to be more conservative with their dining dollars, some restaurateurs who deal in decadent dining experiences find that nothing succeeds...
ATLANTA Hooters plans to celebrate its 25th anniversary this year by giving away $25,000 at its restaurants on the 25th of every month. Customers who visit the restaurants that day are eligible to win an instant $25,000 prize or be one of...
VAN NUYS CALIF. —UWink Inc., the Nolan Bushnell-led company whose initial “interactive restaurant” notched first-year revenue exceeding $2.2 million, has added pay-at-table functionality to tech...
ORLANDO, FLA. —The value of risk taking was a central message delivered by speakers, panelists and award winners at this year’s Women’s Foodservice Forum leadership development conference here. Held at the Gaylord Palms Resort &...
Two little words—“in China”—deleted from a franchising law could make a big difference between profits or perils for American restaurant chains that have yet to open in the world’s fastest-growing economy. The recent sigh of...
Eager to sift through the blizzard of operating and financial data that swirls about a restaurant chain, some multiunit operators are turning to sophisticated above-store reporting, or ASR, systems for decision-making guidance.ASR is the practice...
Chief executive Randy Dewitt gives NRN the details about what will be the chain's largest location to date
Chuy’s Holdings Inc., the casual-dining Mexican restaurant operator, debuted on the public market Tuesday, bucking a down market to close up 15.9 percent...
