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NexCen Brands provides business update
May 29, 2008
NEW YORK — NexCen Brands, owner of the Pretzel Time, Pretzelmaker, Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery and Maggie Moos brands, has announced an update…
read nowTossed adds new VP of Operations
May 27, 2008
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tossed Franchise Corporation has announced restaurant-industry veteran Eric Clark will join their team as vice president of operations.
read nowNexCen future on shaky ground
May 27, 2008
Blue Mau Mau: NexCen Brands, owner of the Pretzel Time, Pretzelmaker, Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery and Maggie Moos brands, warned it faces a…
read nowAu Bon Pain adds to Nutrition Advisory Board
May 19, 2008
BOSTON — Bakery-café chain Au Bon Pain has added Karen Glanz and Heidi Skolnik to its Nutrition Advisory Board. Glanz is a professor of behavioral sciences…
read nowDickey's Barbecue launches fast casual concept
May 19, 2008
DALLAS — Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants has introduced a fast-casual concept, scaling down from its traditional 4,500 square-feet, buffet-style restaurants to a…
read nowStarbucks to pay $3 million in expense suit
May 18, 2008
Seattle Times: Starbucks Corp. will pay up to $3 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the company did not reimburse mileage expenses to employees in…
read nowJamba to close underperforming stores
May 15, 2008
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Smoothie shop Jamba Juice has announced that it is reorganizing its support functions and closing several underperforming stores. The…
read nowPeltz discloses Starbucks stake
May 15, 2008
Marketwatch: Shares of Starbuck's jumped Friday after Nelson Peltz' Trian Partners disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had acquired nearly 900,000 shares…
read nowFreshberry to expand in Tulsa
May 15, 2008
TULSA, Okla. — FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Café has reached an agreement with Gary and Carol Hasz of Tulsa, Okla., to open at least four FreshBerry stores in the…
read nowOrganic To Go acquires Seattle Café chain
May 14, 2008
SEATTLE — Organic To Go has announced it has acquired a privately-held chain of three Seattle quick-service restaurants from FPO Inc., which includes Mel's…
read nowScooter's Coffeehouse celebrates 10th anniversary
May 14, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. — Coffeehouse chain Scooter's Coffeehouse celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend by offering free small drinks at the company's 40 stores in…
read nowQdoba comps increase 2.4%
May 13, 2008
SAN DIEGO — Comparable-store sales at Jack in the Box's Qdoba Mexican Grill brand increased 2.4 percent for the quarter ended March 13, 2008, the company has…
read now2008 NRA, Hotel-Motel Show exhibit space sold out
May 13, 2008
CHICAGO — The National Restaurant Association has announced that its 2008 Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show has attracted nearly 2,200 exhibiting companies and that…
read nowPanera CEO, CFO to speak at stockholder meeting
May 13, 2008
ST. LOUIS — Panera Bread Co. has announced that Ron Shaich, chairman and chief executive officer, and Jeff Kip, chief financial officer, will deliver a…
read nowOrganic To Go schedules Q1 conference call
May 11, 2008
SEATTLE — Organic To Go has announced it will host a conference call May 15 at 1:30 p.m. PDT to review and discuss first quarter 2008 financial results. The…
read nowRaving Brands to consider new concept, name change
May 8, 2008
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution: Raving Brands founder Martin Sprock said one or more of the company's remaining six brands could be sold within the next 1…
read nowStarbucks reports Q2 results
May 7, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. has reported financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended March 30, 2008, and provided updated information about its revenue…
read nowCaribou Coffee reports $6M net loss
May 7, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Co. Inc. has reported financial results for the first quarter of 2008 ended March 30. Comparable-store sales decreased 2.…
read nowPaul Damico named Moe's brand president
May 5, 2008
ATLANTA — FOCUS Brands has announced that Paul Damico has been named brand president of Moe's Southwest Grill. Since acquiring the brand in August 2007…
read nowPans & Company, Pollo Campero partner for Central America expansion
May 1, 2008
MADRID, Spain — The Spanish company Eat Out, owner of the chains Pans & Company, FrescCo, Bocatta, Dehesa Santa MarÃa and Pastafiore, has signed a formal…
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