Lisa Howard, an 11-year employee of McDonald’s Corp., doesn’t speak Mandarin or Cantonese, but with the encouragement she received through the fast-food chain’s women’s networking group, she packed her bags last October and moved to...
With economic storm warnings intensifying, multiconcept casual-dining innovators nationwide are shoring up their holdings but still exploiting opportunities to expand while remaining moderately bullish. Companies known for continually...
Ever since Applebee’s merged with IHOP last year, Shannon Johnson, the casual-dining chain’s director of culinary innovation and development, has been extremely busy. A media relations staffer at Applebee’s headquarters equated...
AVERY ISLAND La. Louisiana has unveiled a $650,000 marketing push for the state’s restaurants and food producers, which are still trying to rebuild their business after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Chuck Morse...
For Edward Brown, who opened eighty one on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in February, the plan for his restaurant was complex in its simplicity. “I wanted to make a restaurant that I wanted to dine in often, that has an umbrella...
DALLAS —With economic factors exerting a growing squeeze on profits as environmentalism grows, construction and design executives in the retail and foodservice industries will need to adopt more energy-efficient and Earth-friendly...
Amid all the negative economic news—and there is a lot of it—some restaurant brands have been able to beat the odds, weathering the dramatic drop in consumer spending that has led to a slew of negative or barely positive same-store sales reports...
GLENDALE CALIF. —Nestlé Foodservices North America said it will now operate as Nestlé Professional. The globally managed business said the new name reflects a restructuring to allow for closer...
Having a good Italian restaurant nearby is an inalienable human right. But until recently that need was not adequately met for the denizens of the Rosslyn neighborhood in Arlington, Va., said Jacque Kish, vice president of design for...
CANTON Mass. Dunkin’ Brands Inc., parent of the Dunkin’ Donuts quick-service bakery chain, said it would roll out a line of “Better-for-You” menu items this summer. Joe Scafido, Dunkin's chief creative...
