Hospitality Related News from Around the Web

• CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits (EDGAR Online)
  Source: biz.yahoo.com   Date: 12 hours 54 minutes 57 seconds ago.
  Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Search the web Yahoo! Finance Welcome, Guest [Sign Out, My Account] Finance Home - Help EDGAR_Online Quotes & Info Enter Symbol(s): e.g. YHOO, ^DJI Symbol Lookup | Financial Search CBRL > SEC Filings for CBRL > Form 8-K on 12-Mar-2010 All Recent SEC Filings Show all filings More
  
• Yum Brands to repurchase up to $300M in stock
  Source: www.bizjournals.com   Date: 12 hours 59 minutes 15 seconds ago.
  The Yum Brands Inc. board of directors Friday authorized the company to repurchase as much as $300 million of the company’s common stock over the next 12 months. (YUM)More
  
• Yum Brands announces dividend, repurchase (AP)
  Source: finance.yahoo.com   Date: 13 hours 4 minutes 7 seconds ago.
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) –– Yum Brands Inc. on Friday declared a 21-cent quarterly dividend.The dividend will be distributed May 7 to shareholders of record as More
  
• McDonald's offering BTec with work experience :: Caterer News
  Date: 17 hours 13 minutes 4 seconds ago.
  McDonald's has teamed up with Edexcel for an initiative to offer people the chance to gain a BTec certificate. More
  
• Mintel: Restaurants Add More Breakfast Items, Even as Diners Walk Away
  Source: Restaurants & Institutions   Date: 17 hours 35 minutes 6 seconds ago.
  Click Here Mintel: Restaurants Add More Breakfast Items, Even as Diners Walk Away –– Restaurants & Institutions, March 12, 2010 (PRESS RELEASE) Chicago: The most important meal of the day has become the hottest area of competition for the foodservice industry. Mintel, a leading market-intelligence More
  
• Breakfast Gets Bigger: 460 Items Launched in '09
  Source: www.qsrmagazine.com   Date: 18 hours 2 minutes 21 seconds ago.
  Breakfast Gets Bigger: 460 Items Launched in '09 : Mintel reports that restaurants launched more breakfast items in 2009 than they did in 2007 or 2008, but consumers are spending less on it. More
  
• The 2010 BK(R) NEXT BEST MOVE(SM) National Tour Hits Macon on March 23
  Source: investor.bk.com   Date: 21 hours 23 minutes 28 seconds ago.
  Mobile tour searches for local 'Game Changers' on the court and in the communityMIAMI, March 12, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –– Burger King Corp. (NYSE: BKC) brings its first-ever BK(R) NEXT BEST MOVE(SM) national mobile tour to the Macon area on March 23, 2010, to find "game-changers" both on the More
  
• [Edible Idiom] Ne pas y aller avec le dos de la cuiller
  Source: chocolateandzucchini.com   Date: 03-12-2010 10:00:56 GMT
  This is part of a series on French idiomatic expressions that relate to More
  
• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store(R) To Participate In J.P. Morgan Gaming, Lodging, Restaurant &
  Source: Comtex   Date: 03-12-2010 08:00:01 GMT
  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CBRL) will be participating in the J.P. Morgan Gaming, Lodging, Restaurant & Leisure Management Access Forum at the Encore at the Wynn Las Vegas on March 17. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Michael A. Woodhouse will be More
  
• Ben & Jerry’s Celebrates the Freedom to Marry in D.C.
  Source: www.businesswire.com   Date: 03-11-2010 20:44:00 GMT
  BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Now I do rings true for all couples in Washington D.C. following the historic and successful signing of the freedom to marry bill last week. In honor of this giant achievement for marriage equality, today Ben Jerrys celebrates the right More
  
• Interstate: Interstate Stockholders Approve Merger
  Source: www.ihrestaurantresource.com   Date: 03-11-2010 18:17:50 GMT
  Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR), a leading hotel real estate investor and the nation s largest independent hotel management company, today announced that its stockholders approved, at a special meeting held today, the merger agreement by which Interstate will be acquired by Hotel More
  
• Wendy's Owner Eyes CKE Restaurants (at TheStreet.com)
  Source: www.thestreet.com   Date: 03-11-2010 13:50:02 GMT
  Wendy's/Arby's owner makes a bid for CKE Restaurants, according to reports. check out thestreet for the latest stock market news and financial investment headlines. More
  
• Hamburger Chain Sonic Sees Decline in Comps this Quarter (at Fox Business)
  Source: www.foxbusiness.com   Date: 03-10-2010 21:08:52 GMT
  Approximately one-third of Sonic stores are based in Texas and Oklahoma, where snow storms and severe rains were common during the first part of the year. More
  
• NYC's Best Coffee AND Pastry
  Source: www.foodandwine.com   Date: 03-10-2010 19:22:00 GMT
  In todays New York Times, the brilliant Oliver Strand (an FW contributor) confirmed that New York City is finally taking coffee seriously. And he provided a comprehensive list of places that serve the best espresso and drip coffee. (The o... More
  
• Inventure steps up Burger King line (at bizjournals.com)
  Source: phoenix.bizjournals.com   Date: 03-10-2010 19:05:17 GMT
  Hot Fries, Cheese Fries and Hot & Spicy Onion Rings will join Ketchup & Fries, Flame Broiled Chips, Original Onion Rings and French Toast Sticks mirroring the fast-food chain’s menu. More
  
• Panera to post calorie counts (at bizjournals.com)
  Source: stlouis.bizjournals.com   Date: 03-10-2010 19:05:17 GMT
  Panera Bread Co. said Wednesday that it will post calorie information on menu boards at all company-owned Panera Bread and Saint Louis Bread Co. bakery-cafes by April, and expects franchised locations to follow suit by the end of the year. More
  
• Cultural Fusion Is Key Ingredient in Mikawaya's Sweet Success on 100-Year Anniversary
  Source: www.prnewswire.com   Date: 03-10-2010 13:15:00 GMT
  Cultural Fusion Is Key Ingredient in Mikawaya's Sweet Success on 100-Year Anniversary. More
  
• Foodservice Professionals on the Move
  Source: Foodservice Equipment & Supplies   Date: 03-10-2010 11:41:46 GMT
  Domino's Pizza, Papa Bello Enterprises, Quaker Steak & Lube, Smashburger and Thermo-Kool all announce personnel moves. More
  
• For a Culinary Team Building Sport try Bowling
  Source: www.allbusiness.com   Date: 03-10-2010 10:50:00 GMT
  If we had all chosen corporate finance, hedge fund or portfolio management rather than the simple complications of culinary public service we could load our employees on the corporate jet and offer to host an attitude adjustment weekend in the Bahamas, Bermuda or Miami. Hope does spring eternal. More
  
• Burger King Sales Snowed Under (at Forbes.com)
  Source: www.forbes.com   Date: 03-09-2010 21:35:00 GMT
  Fast-food retailer says weather hurt North American sales in early 2010, but investors see silver lining. More