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Seattle's Best to open on Marine facility
March 5, 2006
Stars & Stripes: Seattle's Best Coffee will open a store at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. The goal is to "create a relaxing, European-style coffee…
read nowStarbucks to serve breakfast sandwiches
March 5, 2006
SEATTLE — Starbucks announced its creating a breakfast menu. In its hometown cafes, Starbucks tested toasty egg and cheese sandwiches three years ago. …
read nowWendy's may sell Baja Fresh
March 2, 2006
Wendy's International Inc. said it would consider selling its Baja Fresh Mexican Grill chain and speed up the spinoff of its Tim Hortons coffee-and-doughnut…
read nowStarbucks reports 8% same-store increase
March 2, 2006
SEATTLE — Starbucks reported an 8 percent jump in same-store sales for February amid an overall revenue bounce of 25 percent to $468 million. The cafe chain…
read nowCaribou Coffee and Starbucks undergo new promotion campaigns
March 2, 2006
The Caribou Coffee Company has launched "Wake Up and Smell the Music," its first national multi-media advertising campaign. The company's partner in the…
read nowStarbucks VP quits
March 1, 2006
Starbucks Corp. vice president Don MacKinnon resigned for personal reasons March 2, the company said. MacKinnon joined the company in 1999 after Starbucks…
read nowMcDonald's upscales coffee
February 28, 2006
McDonald's will roll out premium coffee at its 13,000 U.S. stores in 2006. The company said the premium coffee uses higher-quality beans — and is pricier for…
read nowBuffalo Wild Wings adds ribs
February 28, 2006
MINNEAPOLIS — Buffalo Wild Wings is adding barbecue ribs to its predominately chicken-wing menu. According to a release, the ribs are pre-smoked, seasoned and…
read nowMoe's rolls out new burrito
February 28, 2006
ATLANTA —Moe's Southwest Grill is adding ground beef burrito March 1. A news release said the new menu item will be in 280 Moe's locations after a 90-day…
read nowNRA: 30 months of consecutive growth
February 28, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The outlook for the restaurant industry continued to improve in January, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of…
read nowEntrepreneur opens new PanAsian concept
February 27, 2006
MSNBC: Dennis Cleary leans back in a chair and kicks his feet onto a small end table. He appears relaxed for someone clawing through permitting issues and…
read nowArby's adds all-natural to menu
February 27, 2006
ATLANTA —Arby's restaurants announced the rollout of all-natural chicken menu items, according to a news release. Arby's menu items featuring Arby's…
read nowPanda Express receives top operator award; teams up with NBA team
February 26, 2006
ROSEMEAD, Calif. — Panda Express was honored as the "Best Food and Beverage Brand Operator" by Airport Revenue News, an airport trade magazine. According to a…
read nowInvestors question BK IPO move
February 26, 2006
Associated Press: The difference at Burger King since Greg Brenneman took over in 2004 is clear: profits are small but growing, the company and its…
read nowBuffalo Wild Wings appoints new board member
February 23, 2006
MINNEAPOLIS— Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. appointed Michael Johnson to its board of directors. Johnson was also elected to be a member of the board's audit and…
read nowCarpenter, Wood Stone VP, dead at 76
February 23, 2006
Longtime Wood Stone Corp. sales and marketing vice president Keith W. Carpenter, died of heart failure Feb. 5. He was 76. According to a statement on Wood…
read nowStarbucks signs deal with East Coast grocer
February 22, 2006
Starbucks signed a five-year deal with Giant Food supermarkets. The grocery chain operates in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. According to a news…
read nowNew World's 2005 revenue increases 4.1%
February 22, 2006
GOLDEN, Colo.—New World Restaurant Group Inc. announced improved financial results for its 2005 fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Jan. 3, 2006. Revenue…
read nowRestaurants and cafes represent fastest-growing segment of Wi-Fi hotspots
February 22, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO — Restaurants and cafes represent the fastest-growing segment of wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) hotspots, according to recent data released by JiWire…
read nowGourmet food on the fast-casual menu
February 22, 2006
According to a Simmons Market Research Bureau report, nearly 20 percent of adults try to eat gourmet food when possible. One thing is sure: the gourmet…
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