LOS ANGELES —Post-holiday doldrums combined with fears of a possible recession have co-op groups of upscale-restaurant operators nationwide holding their collective breath in hopes that new rounds of...

DURHAM N.C. Chick-fil-A by John White, one of founder S. Truett Cathy’s grandsons. —Four generations of the Cathy family gathered in this college town recently to celebrate the opening of a...

McD’s flat Dec. sales, dip in traffic raise recession fearsOAK BROOK ILL McDonald’s Corp.’s disclosure last week of flat December same-store sales ended its string of positive monthly sales reports and caused Wall Street analysts to warn that the...

Soup tends to be a hot-selling item this time of year, but operators of soup-focused restaurants are expanding other parts of their menus to avoid being left out in the cold as the category loses some of its steam. Even concepts that...

NEW YORK —New York City’s decision to re-enact a controversial menu-labeling law could trigger another legal challenge from industry officials, though their last lawsuit against the calorie...

NEW YORK —Nation’s Restaurant News’ national director of sales, Tom Larranaga, has been promoted to publisher to succeed Alan Gould, who resigned after 10 years as NRN’s leader to work with...

Prices aren’t the only numbers dropping in quick service. While more and more items get placed onto value menus and 99-cent burgers figure in more ad campaigns, many of the segment’s largest players also are slashing their number of corporate...