California Tortilla president Bob Phillips says his 37-unit fast-casual Mexican chain closed out the year with same-store sales down a couple of percentage points.It was, he notes, “a first” for his 14-year-old, Rockville, Md.-based brand.But...
NEW YORK —Nation’s Restaurant News, in a major revamp of its popular MUFSO conference, has created an advisory board of industry leaders to help develop an expanded and powerful educational program...
SAN CLEMENTE Calif. Customer satisfaction with fast-food chains showed significant improvement in 2008, with regional chains boasting the best scores, according to an annual survey by the Sandelman & Associates research firm here. The...
DALLAS Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, an 80-unit quick-service chain, said it has appointed Lee Evans to the position of vice president-controller. Evans, a certified public accountant, most recently was vice president of...
PLANO Texas Human resources veteran Rodney Morris said he has accepted a position as chief people officer for Raising Cane’s, a fast-casual chicken restaurant chain that recently moved its headquarters here from Baton Rouge, La. Morris, who...
BATON ROUGE La. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the 80-unit quick-service chain based here, has promoted Brad Sanders to chief development officer and Ian Vaughn to senior vice president of operations. Sanders, most recently...
PLANO Texas —For Raising Cane’s, a media blitz to fill 27 jobs when the quick-service chain relocated its headquarters from Baton Rouge, La., to the Dallas area resulted in a deluge of 10,000...
JANUARYHOWARD SCHULTZ replaced JIM DONALD as president and chief executive of Seattle-based Starbucks Corp.NEAL YANOFSKY resigned as president of Richmond Heights, Mo.-based Panera Bread Co.MIKE SHUMSKY was named...
