NEW YORK The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has referred advertising by Captain D’s Seafood Kitchen to the Federal Trade Commission after the chain declined to participate in a NAD review based on an ad...

PORTLAND Ore. As consumers dine out less, restaurants are still finding ways to get food on their tables, even if it's at home. McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants this week launched a website where consumers can buy...

CINCINNATI The 61-unit LaRosa’s pizzeria chain has promoted Mark LaRosa to president and chief culinary officer after naming his brother Michael chief executive earlier this year. The promotions put a second generation of LaRosas in...

NEW YORK NexCen Brands Inc., the franchisor of Maggie Moo's and other treat brands, on Wednesday announced several executive hires, including the appointment of Mark Stanko as chief financial officer. Stanko succeeds Kenneth J. Hall, who...

COLUMBUS Ohio Bob Evans Farms Inc. blamed “an extremely challenging economic environment” as it reported a nearly 27-percent plunge in second quarter profit and lowered its financial outlook for fiscal 2009. For the second quarter ended Oct...

VANCOUVER Wash. The 39-unit Burgerville chain has named Janice Williams chief operating officer. Williams, who joined the company in 1984 as a teenager working in one of the restaurants, replaces former COO Jeff Harvey, who was named...