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DALLAS Chili’s Grill & Bar said Wednesday it has opened its first restaurant in El Salvador, which brings the number of countries with Chili's locations to 26. The new, 237-seat restaurant in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, is operated by...
OGDEN Utah Taco Maker Inc., the franchisor of more than 185 quick-service restaurants, said it plans to open 25 more units this year in the United States and Puerto Rico. The largest Mexican quick-service brand in Puerto Rico, Taco Maker...
EDINA Minn. —Dairy Queen, looking for additional brand exposure, is selling a video game, “DQ Tycoon,” that mimics running one of its quick-service restaurants, chain sources said. Dairy Queen, best known for frozen...
BOCA RATON Fla. Sun Capital Partners Inc., just like the restaurant companies it owns, is feeling the sting of today’s economic climate. The private-equity firm, which owns 10 restaurant companies including Friendly Ice Cream Corp., Boston...
NEWPORT BEACH Calif. Industry veteran Donald W. Callender, founder of the Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery chain, died Wednesday. He was 81. Callender was known through the restaurant world for his creative mind, attention to detail...
Like all restaurateurs, Dan McDonald wants to be sure he’s not wasting his marketing budget, especially in a year that looks as challenging as 2009 is projected to be.But tracking the return on investment for all his advertising, including for...
Back in 2000, when technology stocks were crashing and dragging the American economy toward the last recession, Scott Shaw saw an opportunity in new media where others saw only risk. Shaw, who by then had spent 17 years with three separate...
RICHMOND Va. In the battered casual-dining segment, the Olive Garden alone saw a year-to-year increase in customer wait times in 2008, according to a Wachovia Capital Markets study of 15 casual-dining brands. The wait time at the Darden...
If there’s one word that is seldom immediately associated with beer, that word is “share.” Bottles of wine are by their very nature shared, since to do otherwise would seem both selfish and seriously intoxicating, but ask someone to share a bottle...