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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. has named Tim McDougall, a former ad agency and sports-marketing executive, its chief marketing officer. McDougall will be responsible for developing brand strategy for the company’s three...
Careers in the movie industry were not very promising when Mike Schneider graduated from Florida State University in 1972 with a degree in television and motion picture production. Landing a job as a bartender was the closest he came to...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. is reshuffling management of its domestic operations to make two executives each responsible for several of the quick-service behemoth’s U.S. brands. On Dec. 1, Emil Brolick will assume the newly created...
Scheduled to open its 100th unit this month, Robeks Corp., an all-franchised smoothie chain based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., recently hired Sheri Miksa to lead the brand to the next level of growth. The former president and chief...
Mike Whalen, the founder and chief executive of Heart of America Restaurants and Inns, says he knows what happens “when workers and business are overtaxed, overlitigated and over-regulated.” The Harvard Law School graduate and 28-year veteran of...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Paradise Bakery & Café, a 46-unit group of varied cafes in which Panera Bread Co. acquired a 51-percent stake last year, has named David Birzon president. The appointment comes as Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Paradise gears up for a...
NEW YORK The New York State Restaurant Association has filed suit against New York City, claiming the city’s health department had overstepped its authority late last year when it ruled that some restaurant chains must list calorie counts on menus...
Hungry customers hate being put on hold. But restaurant operators hate it even more when a frustrated caller hangs up and takes their business elsewhere. To solve the problem, Wingstop, a fast-casual chicken wing franchise with a heavy...