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NPD report: U.S. restaurant traffic decline steepest in 28 years
July 19, 2009
CHICAGO — Restaurant traffic, still feeling the impact of rising unemployment and thrifty consumers, declined during the spring quarter ended May 2009…
read nowBuffalo Wild Wings opens 600th location
July 19, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS — Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. has announced the opening of its 600th restaurant, a company-owned location in Wilson, N.C. The milestone marks the 14th…
read nowCalifornia Tortilla rolls out carnitas LTO
July 19, 2009
ROCKVILLE, Md. — California Tortilla has announced it has updated their limited-time-offer menu for the third quarter with three new pork carnitas-based items…
read nowRaising Cane's conducts operations, menu assessment
July 19, 2009
DALLAS — Raising Cane's has announced it retained Synergy Restaurant Consultants for a restaurant operations assessment and menu development initiative, in…
read nowNRA names educational foundation director
July 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has named Barbara Sido as its executive director, the organization has…
read nowMcAlister's Deli focuses on Central Ohio growth
July 16, 2009
The Columbus Dispatch: McAlister's Deli has announced plans to build at least 10 locations in central Ohio by 2012. The chain, based in Ridgeland, Miss.…
read nowEinstein Bros. opens Maryland location
July 16, 2009
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Einstein Bros. Bagels has announced it will celebrate the grand opening of its newest location in College Park, Md., with an unprecedented…
read nowSmashburger to open first Tulsa location
July 16, 2009
DENVER — Smashburger has announced it will open its first location in Tulsa, Okla., on July 29 in the Tulsa Hills Shopping Center. A second store is scheduled…
read nowStarbucks to rename Seattle stores
July 15, 2009
The Seattle Times: Starbucks is dropping its household name from Seattle's 15th Avenue East store on Capitol Hill, a shop that was slated to close at one point…
read nowMcAlister's Deli to give away sweet tea
July 15, 2009
RIDGELAND, Miss. — McAlister's Corp. is declaring July 23 "Free Tea Day" and will give away sweet tea all day at participating McAlister's Deli restaurants…
read nowDallas Cowboys' Leonard Davis leads 30-unit Smashburger deal
July 15, 2009
DENVER — Smashburger has announced it has signed a 30-unit deal with BIGG Capital Holdings LLC, a business development group based out of Dallas, and led by…
read nowPanda Restaurant Group launches ArrowStream supply chain management solution
July 15, 2009
CHICAGO — ArrowStream, provider of supply chain solutions for the food industry, has announced an initiative to improve Panda Restaurant Group's supply chain…
read nowTeen arrested, charged for Starbucks explosion
July 15, 2009
NY1: A Manhattan teenager was charged Wednesday in connection with the Memorial Day explosion outside a Starbucks on the Upper East Side. Police Commissioner…
read nowSandella's to develop in 10 countries
July 15, 2009
WEST REDDING, Conn. — Sandella's Flatbread Café has partnered with master franchisee Abdulaziz Abdulhadi Aljudee & Sons Holding to develop Sandella's…
read now10 most dangerous foods to eat while driving revealed
July 15, 2009
CLEVELAND — Insurance.com, an online auto insurance agency, has released its list of Top 10 foods to avoid while driving, the company has announced. Eating…
read nowSmashburger set to open first Idaho location
July 14, 2009
BOISE, Idaho — Smashburger has announced it will open its first Idaho location this August in Meridian. It's the first of five planned restaurants in the…
read nowPanera Bread to release Q2 earnings July 28
July 14, 2009
ST. LOUIS — Panera Bread Co. will report its second quarter earnings after the market close July 28. The company will discuss its second quarter results in a…
read nowRed Mango gives master license agreement to Sodexo Inc.
July 14, 2009
DALLAS — Red Mango has awarded a master license agreement to Sodexo Inc. that will open an undisclosed number of Red Mango stores in Sodexo-managed locations…
read nowFidelity becomes Starbucks' largest shareholder
July 13, 2009
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Fidelity recently upped its stake in Starbucks to 10.58 percent, pushing the mutual fund past Morgan Stanley as the coffee chain's…
read nowZaxby's expands menu offerings
July 13, 2009
ATHENS, Ga. — Zaxby's has announced the introduction of its new Italian-inspired menu items with the help of two Italian celebrities. To promote the new…
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