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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...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. has ended its attempt to develop an Asian concept patterned after the neighborhood grills of Japan, closing its lone Taneko Japanese Tavern here. Spokeswoman Laura Cherry said Chang’s shut...
Yard House, a 19-unit causal-dining restaurant chain based in Irvine, Calif., which sold 70 percent of its stake last fall to private-equity firm TSG Consumer Partners, now is giving all of its restaurant managers and corporate staff a piece of...
The dinner was an elegant event. Twelve diners, evenly matched by gender and largely strangers to one another, had paid $125 a person to enjoy a five-course meal steeped in patrician privilege.Courses, each paired with wine, included savory broths...
NEW YORK An affiliate of Fortress Investment Group has offered to take over the operations of 127 Ryan’s and Fire Mountain restaurants from Buffets Holdings Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, a Fortress spokesman...
GLENDALE Calif. Food retail veteran Desmond Hague has been named president of IHOP Restaurants, effective immediately, officials at parent company DineEquity Inc. said on Monday. Hague steps into the role previously held by Julia Stewart...