ATLANTA Cheryl A. Bachelder, a one-time president of KFC, has been named chief executive of AFC Enterprises Inc. and president of its 1,878-unit Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits chain. She replaces interim CEO Frederick B. Beilstein. Bachelder...
LOS ANGELES Rick Howard has been named director of franchise development for Adir Restaurants Corp., the master franchisor for Pollo Campero in six Western states. Founded in Guatemala, Pollo Campero includes more than 200 stores...
ARLINGTON Texas Texas Wings Inc., a 43-unit Texas franchisee of Hooters of America Inc., said it has won back the liquor license for a store in a Dallas suburb after a more than two-year legal battle. In 2005, an organization called the...
CHARLOTTE N.C. After selling his controlling stake in the Bojangles’ chicken chain last month, Joe Drury, a former Wendy’s operations vice president and protégé of its late founder Dave Thomas and late chairman James Near, reportedly is...
MINNEAPOLIS Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. has launched its first fully national TV campaign and signed partnership deals with various cable networks to increase the brand’s reach in existing and future markets. TV spots are airing on 12...
Given the possibility of recession as well as falling property values because of the subprime-mortgage crisis, operators are reassessing their real estate strategies to get the biggest bang for their buck.For some restaurateurs, that means...
Vacant stores, empty restaurants and desolate parking lots—that’s the fate that has befallen many older shopping malls in suburban areas that have been eclipsed by the advent of “lifestyle centers,” often resembling idyllic, small downtowns, with...
We get a kick out of the television ads promoting tourism to Israel. They flash colorful images and enticing words such as “nightlife,” “beauty” and “excitement,” without revealing the location of all this promise until the final tagline: “Israel...
Cell phones and personal digital assistants, or PDAs, are in use everywhere, and foodservice operators should benefit from this growing interest among consumers and workers in having access to information or services anyplace and at any time...
