PLANO Texas S&A Restaurant Corp., owner of the Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern and Steak and Ale casual-dining brands, filed in court Tuesday for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation and shuttered many of the chains’ company-operated branches. However, the...
ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants veteran Doug Doran confirmed Monday that he has left Group Four Restaurants, the development company he joined last December after working for the Red Lobster parent for 11 years. Doran said he left Group...
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Steak n Shake's chief marketing officer, Steven Schiller, has left the company, a corporate receptionist confirmed on Monday. Schiller is the latest executive to depart the beleaguered 491-unit family-dining chain, following the...
PORTLAND Ore. Portland may become the next metropolitan area to adopt a menu-labeling requirement if the Multnomah County Commission approves a mandate proposed there. The commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on a proposal to require...
SACRAMENTO Calif. California became the first state in the nation to ban trans fats from restaurant foods when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Friday that outlaws the artery clogger in a multi-year process. As of Jan. 1, 2010...
HUNTINGTON BEACH Calif. Blaming the economy and higher costs, BJ's Restaurants Inc. on Thursday reported a 12-percent drop in net profit for the second quarter ended July 1 to $2.9 million, or 11 cents a share, though revenues rose 16 percent to ...
CALABASAS HILLS Calif. After reporting a 19-percent drop in second-quarter profit and warning of further declines in same-store sales for its two main brands, The Cheesecake Factory Inc. said Thursday that it would try to shake the downturn in...
CALABASAS HILLS Calif. In another high-level executive change at The Cheesecake Factory Inc., Michael Dixon has resigned as senior vice president and chief financial officer after eight years with the casual-dining operator. The company did not...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. reported today a second-quarter profit increase of 1.3 percent despite lower-than-expected revenue gains and negative same-store sales at both the P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and Pei Wei Asian Diner...
DALLAS Brinker International Inc. said a California Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that a wage-and-hour lawsuit against the Chili’s Grill & Bar parent could not proceed as a class action because of the court’s interpretation of meal and rest break...