Chain Leader Executive Briefing - 09/24/09

Audio Q&A: When Two Restaurant Chains Become One

In this edition: Audio Q&A: When Two Restaurant Chains Become One... Site Selection: Where Good Food Means Most... Tapping Healthy Impulses Through Text Messages... The Test of Time... Casual Dining's Biggest Mistake... Woody? You Bet... Executive Q&A: How a Burger Chain Picks a Site... BlackFinn Opens in Naperville, Illinois... Profiles in Growth: Old Chicago...

September 24, 2009

Top Features

Audio Q&A: When Two Restaurant Chains Become One

Last month full-service Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Grill and fast-casual FlatTop Grill, merged, becoming Flat Out Crazy. "There's no downside to it," President and Chief Operating Officer Greg Carey explains. read more...

Site Selection: Where Good Food Means Most

Restaurant-chain operators have discovered that highly educated, affluent diners are eating healthfully, so they're trying to locate where these diners live. read more...

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Tapping Healthy Impulses Through Text Messages

Quick-service chain WaBa Grill Teriyaki House launched a mobile text-messaging campaign designed to entice customers at just the moment they are making lunchtime decisions. read more...

Chain Leader’s Blog Bytes The Test of Time Thousands of restaurants fail each year. What allows a brand to withstand the test of time? read more... Casual Dining's Biggest Mistake Successful restaurant companies don't stifle innovation by measuring what doesn't really matter. read more... Woody? You Bet In T.G.I. Friday’s Woody campaign, the online-only videos work in a way the TV commercials can't. read more...
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Industry Buzz Does Klein's Temporary Leave Herald the End for the King? An unusual Burger King memo stating that Chief Marketing Officer Russ Klein is taking a leave of absence sent tremors through the organization last week. read more...
Which Chain Restaurant Is the Best Hangout? A look at what teens think of four national chains. Be sure to check out the comments. read more...

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How to Grow to 100 Units

Executive Q&A: How a Burger Chain Picks a Site

Real-estate veteran Tom Jednorowicz, co-founder of better-burger concept Meatheads, explains the site-selection method for the restaurant chain. read more...

BlackFinn Opens in Naperville, Illinois

BlackFinn American Saloon will open a new restaurant late in October in Naperville, Ill., as part of its family of upscale-casual establishments. read more...

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