Industry toasts foodservice leaders with annual awards programs

Dec 17, 2007

IFMA GOLD & SILVER PLATEJON LUTHER, chairman and chief executive of Dunkin’ Brands Inc., received the 2007 Gold Plate Award for achievement in foodservice. He was honored for his role in developing the Dunkin’ Donuts chain into a franchise system...

Yum designates Eaton as next ops and development chief

Dec 17, 2007

LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. has appointed 12-year company veteran Roger Eaton chief operating and development officer-designate. Eaton, 47, will replace Peter Hearl, 55, who said he would retire from the Taco Bell and KFC parent at the end of...

2007 Year in review

Dec 17, 2007

FOODSERVICE OPERATORS LOOKING BACK AT 2007 MIGHT BE CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT it deserves to be called “The Year of the Heartburn.”Across the foodservice landscape, operators from all segments, including quick service, fast casual, fine dining...

Quarterly ‘Jeopardy’ competitions put fun and games back into training for Hospitality Holdings

Dec 17, 2007

NEW YORK —Freelance illustrator by day, bartender by night, Andy Markloff is also a “Jeopardy” game champion, even though he’s never been on the long-running televised quiz show. Markloff, who...

No matter what your reservation policy may be, to thine own customers be true

Dec 17, 2007

Reservations or no reservations: That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous complaints from self-absorbed reviewers and pompous patrons or to take arms against a sea of cacophony by...

Red Robin seeks ‘amazing love stories’

Dec 17, 2007

GREENWOOD VILLAGE Colo. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers will launch a contest Jan. 1 in which consumers can share their “amazing love stories” for a chance to win a Bahamas vacation. The “Fool for Love” contest will run through Feb. 10 and is...

San Francisco booming with new concepts by celeb chefs

Dec 17, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO —Presaged by the imminent openings of EPIC Roasthouse and Waterbar as the first newly built waterfront restaurants here in decades, a wave of culinary-star-studded dining spots is...

Escalating rents, competition drive eateries away from mall food courts

Dec 17, 2007

Limited-menu operators who had favored shopping mall food court sites are modifying their concepts for alternative venues that are less susceptible to inflated occupancy costs and traffic losses to discount retailers and e-commerce alternatives. ...

Blue Moon Mexican Cafe begins franchise push in Northeast

Dec 17, 2007

While many restaurateurs work hard to establish their brands in Manhattan, Howard Felixbrod, founder and chief executive of Blue Moon Mexican Cafe, says he would prefer to stay out of the aggressive borough.“There’s no point in spending four times...

Significant Technology Developments

Dec 17, 2007

Greater focus by restaurant companies on security for wide-area data networks and card-payment processing systems, and on revising policies for internal data-system users. This often was in keeping with requirements of the...