Twenty years ago The Popcorn Report predicted work-weary Americans would someday begin “cocooning,” huddling at home with family for quiet meals and entertainment. And amid the gloom of the recession, that prophecy has proven true, but not...
DECATUR Ill. —ACH Food Cos., Inc., and Archer Daniels Midland Co. have created Stratas Foods, LLC, a joint venture that will make, market and distribute packaged oil products in the United States and Canada. Associated British...
CHARLOTTE N.C. —Breakfast is the fastest-growing major daypart, and experts say there’s still room for growth. During a Culinary R&D conference panel moderated by trend-watcher Nancy Kruse, authorities in breakfast menu...
LENEXA Kan. Applebee’s said it has named Rebeca Johnson senior vice president of marketing to lead efforts to re-energize the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar brand. Previously, she served as chief marketing officer for Blockbuster Inc...
SAN FRANCISCO Online reservations provider OpenTable Inc. has organized a fixed-price meal promotion set to take place Nov. 17-21 at restaurants in 13 cities across the country. Dubbed the “Appetite Stimulus Plan,” the promotion will offer...
For as long as Jack Polsenberg, chief financial officer of China Grill Management Inc., can remember, his restaurants kept their lights and heating or air conditioning on all night long for the cleaning crews that typically worked till...
Management styles were different 30 years ago, when Robert Werk started out as a busboy in the restaurant industry. The demanding, tough-guy manager who worked six days a week wouldn’t survive long among today’s Generation Y employees, said Werk...
It’s one thing to manage food safety from the kitchen to the dining room, but it’s another matter to ensure that delivered food is still safe. The food delivered from Lettuce Entertain You’s Café Ba-BaReeba!’s via a third-party service gives...
LOS ANGELES Joining the host of other restaurant chains that have reported terrible October sales trends, California Pizza Kitchen Inc. said Thursday its same-store sales for last month fell 7.3 percent. The casual-dining operator said...
SAN FRANCISCO Noted San Francisco chef-operator Arnold Eric Wong has joined Bluewater Restaurant Group, the company that operates the four-unit E&O Trading Co. chain, as a partner, signaling a possible expansion push. Wong is overseeing...
