“There is no present or future,” wrote playwright Eugene O’Neill, “only the past happening over and over again.”O’Neill was speaking of Ireland, but his words could just as easily apply to a foodservice industry that is constantly wrestling with...

ATLANTA Shane's Rib Shack will give away a free rack of baby-back ribs to the first 100 customers at each of its more than 80 units on May 17 to kick off its "100 Days of Backyard BBQ" promotion. The chain, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based...

Some customer service stories become legendary, like the pickle story from veteran restaurateur Robert Farrell. A Brooklyn, N.Y., native, Farrell founded Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour and Restaurant in Portland, Ore., in 1963.As the concept grew, it...

ATLANTA Brian Kolodziej, the former vice president of culinary innovations and operations at Metromedia Restaurant Group in Plano, Texas, and a one-time chief of menu development for Brinker International, has been hired as vice president of...

DUBLIN Ohio Wendy’s International Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Arby’s parent Triarc Cos. in a stock swap valued at $2.34 billion, ending a year of speculation about the burger giant’s fate. Triarc, the most visible holding of activist...

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