Apr 25, 2011

Angelo, Gordon & Co., a New York-based money management firm, has acquired the 18-unit Charlotte, N.C.-based Firebirds Wood Fired Grill casual-dining chain. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...

Sales up, commodity costs challenge industry

Apr 23, 2011

Results from the 1Q NRN a.m. Restaurant Operators Survey show positive trends

McDonald's outlines pricing strategy

Apr 22, 2011

As commodity costs continue to escalate, the burger giant will take price bump

McCormick & Schmick’s rejects buyout offer

Apr 21, 2011

McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants Inc. on Wednesday rejected a $137.3 million hostile bid by Tilman J. Fertitta and a subsidiary of his Landry’s Restaurants Inc...

1Q preview: Trends positive for restaurants

Apr 21, 2011

First-quarter earnings are set to flood the market starting this week, with reports from such heavy hitters as McDonald’s, Yum! Brands, Chipotle, The Cheesecake Factory and BJ’s Restaurants, and early signs point to a positive quarter...

Insurance Corner: A look at 'safety groups'

Apr 19, 2011

Editor’s note: The author is an agent at Colstan & Associates Inc., a commercial insurance provider in Huntington, N.Y. The highlighted story below is part of The Schechter Report and NRN’s content partnership, and it does not...

Sources: Baja Fresh for sale

Apr 16, 2011

Company has no comment, private-equity players say timing may be right for sale

CKE swings to 2010 loss on merger fees

Apr 15, 2011

CKE Restaurants Inc., parent to the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurant chains, which together total 3,159 restaurants, swung to a 2010 net loss on going-private transaction costs, larger interest expenses and reduced revenue from the...

Dave & Buster’s 4Q comps positive

Apr 15, 2011

Dave & Buster’s Inc., the operator of 58 big box restaurant and entertainment complexes, swung to profit in the fourth quarter, seeing its first same-store sales improvements since 2008...

Diversified Restaurant Holdings posts increased sales in 2010

Apr 15, 2011

Diversified Restaurant Holdings Inc., a 21-unit franchisee of Buffalo Wild Wings and the operator and franchisor of four-unit Bagger Dave’s Legendary Burger Tavern, reported its fourth consecutive year of increased revenue in 2010...