Red Mango Cafe and Juice Bar opening in Illinois

March 20, 2014

Lifelong Oak Park, Ill., resident Jim Taglia and his wife, Anneke, will open one of the first restaurant prototypes for a Red Mango Café and Juice Bar…

Elevation Burger names Rick Altizer as new CEO

March 20, 2014

Former McDonald's executive Rick Altizer has been appointed CEO of Arlington, Va.-based Elevation Burger. Altizer assumes the role from founder Hans Hess, who…

Recruitment business, consulting firm partner to form one-stop shop for restaurant owners

March 20, 2014

Patrice & Associates, a recruiting partner in the restaurant industry, announced today its new partnership with consulting firm, One Management Solutions…

Howard Schultz: Starbucks in early stages of growth

March 19, 2014

If Starbucks was a 20-chapter book, the company is only in chapter four or five, according to chairman, president and CEO Howard Schultz, who outlined…

First Venti Tre Modern Italian Restaurant opens in Baltimore

March 19, 2014

The nation's first Venti Tre Modern Italian restaurant opened this week in Baltimore featuring a highly customizable menu with at least 23 fresh toppings every…

Sentry Marketing Group acquires mystery shop company

March 18, 2014

Sentry Marketing Group announced it has acquired mystery shop company Feedback Plus.

GRILLiT changes name to Healthy & Tasty Brands Corporation

March 18, 2014

GRILLiT Inc. today announced that it has changed its name to Healthy & Tasty Brands Corporation in its domicile State of Nevada, and has initiated the name…

Così names new CEO

March 18, 2014

Così today announced the appointment of R.J. Dourney as its president and CEO. He is also member of the company's Board of Directors. Dourney, 55, is the…

Woody's Bar-B-Q launches express model

March 18, 2014

The fast casual vision that initially began buzzing around the brains of co-founders Woody Mills and Yolanda Mills-Mawman in 2007, recently became a full-blown…

Bill introduced to make restaurants' 15-year tax depreciation schedule permanent

March 14, 2014

U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly, R-Pa., Richard Neal, D-Mass., Jim Gerlach, R-Pa., and Ron Kind, D-Wis., this week introduced H.R. 4212, "the Restaurant and…

CFOs, chain restaurants council caution against minimum wage hike

March 14, 2014

The divide over the minimum wage seems to be growing deeper, with employees staging strikes across the country in favor of an increase, and U.S. CFOs…

DFW restaurant owners earn Schlotzsky's top awards

March 14, 2014

Schlotzsky's honored Dallas-Fort Worth area franchise partners at its annual convention last month, according to a company press release. Husband-and-wife…

Loitering: Critics on both sides of the fence slam limited-service chains

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Revention's new EyeDeliver app provides real-time delivery data

March 13, 2014

Revention has released its latest Restaurant Management product, called EyeDeliver.

February a tough month for restaurants, study finds

March 12, 2014

Black Box Intelligence and People Report released the Restaurant Industry Snapshot for February, finding the cold winter month resulted in negative same-store…

Captain D's, Subway among Operator Innovations awards finalists

March 12, 2014

An independent panel of foodservice operator experts has selected finalists for the third annual 2014 Operator Innovation Awards. These finalists were chosen…

Zoës Kitchen going public?

March 11, 2014

Zoës Kitchen is going public, according to a company press release released Monday stating that company had filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange…

Former Smashburger CEO trades burgers for taxes

March 11, 2014

David Prokupek, former CEO of Smashburger, is now the CEO of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, a provider of full-service paid tax preparation and related financial…

MMS Catering Institute adds senior faculty members

March 10, 2014

The MMS Catering Institute has announced the addition of three new institute senior faculty members.

Boston Market opens first mall location

March 10, 2014

Boston Market is hoping to provide more access to its comfort food by opening its first food court location this week, according to a company press release.