ROANOKE Va. Western Sizzlin Corp. has proposed an exchange offer for up to 680,500 shares of Jack in the Box Inc., which would represent about 1.2 percent of that company's 56.7 million shares outstanding.  Jack in the Box said in a...

HEATHROW Fla. Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc. said Monday that chief executive and president Michael P. O’Donnell had assumed day-to-day responsibility for its Ruth’s Chris Steak House brand following the resignation of chain president Geoffrey D. K...

LA JOLLA Calif. The 16-unit Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza chain said it has hired former Houlihan’s president Dan Clay as chief operating officer. Clay also has served in executive positions at Houston’s Restaurants Inc., Cooker Restaurant Corp....

SACRAMENTO Calif. California on Tuesday became the first state to enact a law mandating the disclosure of nutrition information by chain restaurants, with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signing the industry-supported menu-labeling bill on the day...

JOLIET Ill. A Denny’s franchisee here is building what is described as the first unit in the family restaurant chain to qualify for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, a distinction for what many describe as a “green...

NORCROSS Ga. A franchisee of the 138-unit Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed four of its Atlanta-area stores. Norcross-based Greater Atlanta Bar-B-Q LLC made its bankruptcy filing last Thursday in...

COLUMBUS Ohio G&R Acquisitions Inc. said it has purchased Damon's Grill, the second Columbus, Ohio-based casual-dining brand acquired by the Pittsburgh company in a matter of months. Terms of the purchase from Alliance Development Holdings, a...

WASHINGTON As expected, Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., has introduced a federal bill that would require units of restaurant chains with 20 or more stores nationwide to post calorie counts and offer additional nutrition data at the point of sale. ...

CLEVELAND Officials at Darden Restaurants said the company would “vigorously defend” itself against a racial discrimination lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court here on behalf of black employees at a Bahama Breeze restaurant in Beachwood, Ohio...