NEW YORK Goldman Sachs Group, the publicly traded investment giant whose revenues grew 60 percent in 2006 to $69.35 billion, said its Urban Investment Group will team with former Quiznos Canada president and Popeyes COO James E. Boyd Jr. to ...
LAKE BUENA VISTA Fla. For the first time in close to a decade, Walt Disney World’s Epcot has revamped its menus in an effort to focus on healthful cooking and interactive dining experiences. A report in the Orlando Sentinel quoted Epcot vice...
LEAWOOD Kan. Houlihan’s has signed two market development agreements that are expected to add 34 franchised stores in Arizona, California and Florida to the 92-unit chain. The casual-dining chain inked a 22-unit pact with SunPacific...
CARPINTERIA Calif. The first Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, opened late last month, is the fifth of 25 units scheduled to be opened over the next six years in the Asia-Pacific region by Singapore-based franchisee Aspac F&B SDN...
GLENDALE Calif. John Isbell, IHOP Corp.’s director of training and development since 2001, was named president-elect of the Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers, or CHART, at the 74th Semi-Annual Hospitality Training Conference, which ends...
PLANO Texas Buffet Partners Holding Co. parent of the 54-unit Furr’s Fresh Buffet chain, has named Greg Buchanan chief executive. Buchanan most recently was president of La Madeleine Bakery Café and Bistro in Dallas.Before La Madeleine, he...