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NRA reports restaurant industry outlook falls slightly
June 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The outlook for the restaurant industry was dampened somewhat in May, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of…
read nowFuddruckers opens location near Reno, Nev.
June 28, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas — Fuddruckers will open its 230th location with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony June 29, in Sparks, Nev., at The Legends at Sparks Marina, a…
read nowUFood announces Chicago terminations, Boston airport opening
June 25, 2009
BOSTON — UFood Restaurant Group Inc. has announced that its Chicago franchisee has terminated the operation of his three UFood Grill Restaurants in that city.
read nowPrograms set to highlight National Food Safety Education Month
June 25, 2009
CHICAGO — The National Restaurant Association encourages restaurant and foodservice operators to begin planning for the 15th annual National Food Safety…
read nowBuffalo Wild Wings to present at consumer conference
June 25, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS — Buffalo Wild Wings has announced that the company will present at an upcoming consumer conference. On July 15, the company will present at the…
read nowLaughing Planet Café partners with Truitt Bros. for bean supply
June 22, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. — After two years of intensive testing and sampling, Laughing Planet Café is introducing "smart beans" into its seven Oregon restaurants. The…
read nowCousins Subs continues '09 growth, reduces franchise fee
June 22, 2009
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. — Cousins Subs has posted impressive growth numbers in the first half of 2009 and will continue the momentum through the second half of…
read nowSalsarita's announces new store openings
June 21, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Salsarita's Fresh Cantina has announced it has opened in 2009 four new restaurants and signed agreements for 28 more locations in the United…
read nowCharley's Grilled Subs makes best franchise list
June 18, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Charley's Grilled Subs has announced it was named 145 out of 300 on Dun & Bradstreet's All Star Best of Best Franchise list. Still run by…
read nowStarbucks to close 500 more U.S. stores
June 17, 2009
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Starbucks Corp. has announced that it will close an additional 500 unprofitable company-operated stores in the next year, up…
read nowStarbucks recalls half a million coffee grinders
June 16, 2009
Pacific Business News: Starbucks Corp. is recalling 530,000 Chinese-made coffee grinders sold from March 2002 to March 2009 and made by Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou…
read nowPollo Tropical, Taco Cabana investors sell common stock
June 15, 2009
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., parent Company of Carrols Corp., has announced that its long-time institutional investors, funds managed by…
read nowCapriotti's opens 17th Delaware location
June 15, 2009
REHOBETH BEACH, De. — Capriotti's has announced the mid-June opening of its 17th location in Delaware, in the town of Rehoboth Beach. Menu classics such as…
read nowSouper Salad execs look to rebuild brand
June 15, 2009
Souper Salad has struggled for about six years to rebuild the success the brand saw in its early years. A low point for the company came last summer when the…
read nowWingstop, Feeding America partner to fight hunger
June 14, 2009
DALLAS — Wingstop restaurants across the country are joining a national campaign with Feeding America to support the organization's mission to feed America's…
read nowU.S. senators craft compromise national menu labeling bill
June 10, 2009
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate supporters of competing menu-labeling legislation have come up with a compromise bill that has the support of the National Restaurant…
read nowJamba Juice named top healthy option in Zagat survey
June 10, 2009
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Jamba Juice was recently named the No. 1 healthy option in the Quick Refreshment category in Zagat's 2009 Fast Food Survey. Jamba had the…
read nowMintel releases findings on trends in ice cream, coffeehouses and alcohol
June 10, 2009
CHICAGO — Restaurant industry research firm Mintel has released new findings about three of the hottest food and drink markets: ice cream, coffeehouses and…
read nowZebu Forno opens fourth N.J. location
June 8, 2009
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Zebu Forno, the European-style bakery and café, has announced it has opened its fourth New Jersey location and first in Morris County in…
read nowNoodles & Company opens in Chicago suburb
June 7, 2009
CHICAGO — Noodles & Company has announced it will open its first restaurant in Glen Ellyn, marking the chain's 26th location in Illinois.
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