The restaurant-chain executive gripes menu labeling language in the health-care reform bill in the House is unfair to large players. Blum explains in an interview with Chain Leader. read more...
Ice-cream chain Baskin-Robbins announced plans to introduce two new store concepts this year in the United States: Cafe BR, to target a more-upscale demographic, and BR Express, for on-the-go consumers. read more...
Music to Eat Steak By
Would customers who love hard rock abandon a steakhouse because it plays swing or crooners like Sinatra and Tony Bennett? read more...
TV Advertising: Drive-In Pictures
Sonic Drive-In’s commercials have a lot going for them: They're funny. We have gotten to know and kind of like the characters. They show and talk about the food. And they change often. read more...
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Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade is embroiled in a multimillion-dollar legal mess with former business partners due to a failed deal to open a restaurant chain, D. Wade's Place. read more...
Restaurant profits are on the chopping block. Could the broader retail industry be next in line? read more...
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