BATON ROUGE La. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers said it has appointed H.G. "Carey" Carrington to the new post of chief financial officer. Carrington will oversee the 70-unit quick-service chain's finance, accounting, information technology...
BATON ROUGE La. The 70-unit Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers chain has appointed Shawn Jenkins to the new post of vice president of purchasing. Jenkins most recently was vice president of purchasing for Metromedia Restaurant...
With the hurricane season officially continuing until Nov. 30, Gulf and East Coast restaurant operators face more than two months of potential stormy weather ahead.Hurricane Gustav, which smashed into the Louisiana coast Sept. 1 and forced...
Rising commodity prices and shortened purchasing contracts for restaurant staples like chicken and beef are adding another layer of volatility to an already complex operating environment.Having faced escalated costs and weak consumer spending...
BATON ROUGE La. Clay Dover has been named president and chief marketing officer of the 70-unit Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers here. Dover most recently was president and chief executive of Metromedia Restaurant Group of Plano, Texas, the...
CULVER CITY Calif. Industry veteran Kerry Kramp has been named president and chief executive of the more than 300-unit steak and salad bar concept Sizzler USA, beginning this week. Kramp replaces Ken Cole, who stepped down in February to...
Smaller restaurant chains seem to have found the formula for competing successfully against larger, national rivals, who continue to struggle to differentiate themselves from one another, according to two recent brand studies.The highest customer...
ATLANTA —Don’t underestimate the power of an idea whose time has come. Just ask officials of the Georgia World Congress Center here. They had to bar more people from entering an already-packed “Why...
