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El Pollo Loco comps rise, net falls
August 10, 2008
COSTA MESA, Calif. — EPL Intermediate Inc., parent company of El Pollo Loco Inc., has reported results for its 13-week second quarter and 26 weeks ended June…
read nowCEO, CFO out at Jamba Juice
August 7, 2008
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Jamba Inc. chief executive officer Paul Clayton and chief financial officer Donald Breen have resigned, the company announced. Both…
read nowTim Hortons Q2 net up 11.5%
August 7, 2008
OAKVILLE, Ontario — Same-store sales at Tim Hortons Inc.'s Canadian restaurants increased 5.7 percent for the company's second quarter ended June 29, 2008…
read nowRubio's net falls 33 percent
August 6, 2008
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Comparable-store sales at Rubio's Restaurants Inc. decreased 3.9 percent for the company's second quarter ended June 29, 2008, compared with…
read nowEinstein Noah records 15th straight comp increase
August 6, 2008
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Comparable-store sales at Einstein Noah Restaurant Group increased 1 percent for the company's second quarter ended July 1, 2008. The…
read nowCaribou net loss narrows
August 5, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS – Comparable-store sales at company-owned Caribou Coffee Co. restaurants fell 1.7 percent in the second quarter ended June 29, the company…
read nowGreat Harvest to hold 70s-themed contest
August 5, 2008
New Mexico Business Journal: Great Harvest Bread Co. is holding an essay contest themed "Why I Loaved the '70s." All 220 locations throughout the country will…
read nowQdoba parent announces Q3 earnings
August 5, 2008
SAN DIEGO — Jack in the Box Inc., which also operates and franchises Qdoba Mexican Grill through a wholly owned subsidiary, reported a 13.3 percent drop in net…
read nowCaribou Coffee names new CEO
August 4, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Co. Inc., the second largest U.S.-based company-owned gourmet coffeehouse operator based on the number of coffeehouses, has named…
read nowStarbucks outlines exec exit package
August 4, 2008
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Outgoing Starbucks Coffee International president Jim Alling will receive a year's salary in a lump sum, plus a year's worth of…
read nowCuppy's to move HQ to Alabama
August 4, 2008
BlueMauMau: Fort Walton Beach, Fla.-based Cuppy's Coffee will move its headquarters to Muscle Shoals, Ala., on Sept. 1, company officials announced. CEO Dale…
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Q&A with Eric Ersher
by Valerie Killifer — senior editor, NetWorld Alliance
Zoup! co-founder talks customers' changing tastes.
read nowCarrols Restaurant Group reports Q2 results
August 4, 2008
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., which operates the restaurant brands Pollo Tropical, Taco Cabana and Burger King, has announced net income was…
read nowWing restaurants take flight as economy falters
August 3, 2008
MSNBC: Less expensive dining spots like wing restaurants have become some of the nation's fastest-growing chains, according to Restaurant Business magazine.
read nowSaladworks anounces new VP hires
July 31, 2008
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Saladworks LLC has announced the addition of two new vice presidents. Tom Spadea joins Saladworks as VP of development and Kris Smith as…
read nowUFood Grill heads into Utah
July 30, 2008
BOSTON — UFood Restaurant Group Inc. has announced that its franchise developer in the Rocky Mountain states has signed a lease for a unit in Draper, Utah, a…
read nowStarbucks to cut 1,000 jobs
July 29, 2008
Seattle Times: Starbucks plans to cut 1,000 non-store positions, the company has announced. About 550 people will be laid off at company operations around the…
read nowCamille's expands to two new states
July 29, 2008
TULSA, Okla. — Camille's Sidewalk Café has signed three franchise agreements with immediate expansion plans into Wisconsin and Illinois. New Camille's…
read nowCulver's reaches $1 million in scholarships
July 28, 2008
PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. — Culver's restaurants has announced that nearly 200 of its student team members across the country received a bonus this year …
read nowStarbucks closes most Australian stores
July 28, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald: Nearly 700 Starbucks employees will lose their jobs after the company announced the closure of 61 of its 84 Australian stores. The…
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