In celebration of Black History Month, The Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance (MFHA) will release its 4th Annual Tribute to Black Leadership in Hospitality, which honors high ranking Black leaders in the restaurant, lodging, and food manufacturing industries. Each year, MFHA profiles the top Black Leaders in the industry as a way to celebrate their [...]
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Waffle House restaurants has your Valentine’s Day dinner plans Scattered, Smothered & Covered. For the fifth consecutive year, devoted fans and regular customers can make reservations to dine by candlelight with friends and loved ones at select Waffle House locations. This year, more than 110 locations will offer white tablecloth service by candlelight on Valentine’s [...]
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UFood Restaurant Group Inc. is promoting their Under 500 Calorie Menu-–available every day, starting at just $5.99. The Under 500 Calorie Menu features a wide variety of freshly-prepared offerings that are 500 calories or less-–from their Bison or Turkey Burgers to Fire-Grilled Mediterranean Chicken Salad, Whole-Grain Brown Rice Bowls-–like Chicken Curry or Chicken Tinga, to [...]
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While for some, Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to go out with your sweetheart, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is inviting ladies everywhere to round up their girlfriends and come in on Feb. 14 for Girls’ Night Out to enjoy half price bottles of wine and dessert. What could be better on Valentine’s Day than [...]
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Domino’s Pizza couldn’t decide what was more important: ridiculously strong value, or a delicious new product to be shared by the entire family. Beginning today, the verdict is in and the answer is both – shown by the launch of Parmesan Bread Bites, debuting at $1 for a limited time. When ordering the popular, already-valuable [...]
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San Francisco Sushi Restaurant, Ace Wasabi provides catering for many events including birthdays, graduations, company events, rehearsal dinners, cocktail parties, and any other type of friendly get together. The professional caterers at Ace Wasabi can help customers decide which package is best for them and customize it perfectly, whether they would like light or more [...]
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In continuing with its trend of strong sales performance, Chick-fil-A, Inc. announces that it exceeded $4 billion in annual sales in 2011. A record for the Atlanta-based chain, annual system-wide sales at Chick-fil-A totaled $4,050,992,837, a 13.08 percent increase over the 2010 overall sales performance. The company also generated a healthy seven percent same-store sales [...]
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An expected 500 restaurateurs from across the country will convene in Washington April 17-18, 2012, for the National Restaurant Association’s 26th annual Public Affairs Conference. “The Association’s highly anticipated Public Affairs Conference gives restaurant operators and their advocates an opportunity to speak directly to Members of Congress and provide them with a better understanding of [...]
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O’Charley’s Inc. (NASDAQ: CHUX) has signed a definitive agreement with Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF) related to FNF’s acquisition of all the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock for $9.85 per share, representing a total equity value of approximately $221 million on a fully diluted basis. The purchase price represents a premium of approximately [...]
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Whataburger is pushing the limits of what a single tortilla can hold with the launch of the Chicken Fajita Taco, the newest permanent addition to the Texas burger icon’s menu. This isn’t your average taco. It’s a chicken fajita done the Whataburger way – with a whole sliced grilled chicken breast, layered with roasted poblano [...]
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In one of the most anticipated “flips” in history, the coin toss for Super Bowl XVLI landed on “heads” this evening, resulting in a free large one-topping Papa John’s pizza and 2-liter Pepsi MAX for the millions of members of Papa John’s Papa Rewards customer loyalty program. Fans who were enrolled in Papa Rewards as [...]
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Firehouse Subs announces the promotions of key marketing team members, as well as additional talent following comparable sales increases since late 2009, with much credit given to its marketing leadership. Doug Reifschneider has been named vice president of marketing services after previously serving as director since 2006. Kristen Majdanics, who has managed the company’s brand [...]
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SUBWAY Development Agent, Hugh Stiel of Metairie, Louisiana, is celebrating 25 years of entrepreneurial success with the world’s largest restaurant chain during a team meeting this week at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi. A true pioneer, Stiel opened the SUBWAY chain’s first restaurant in Louisiana in 1986. “The economy along the Gulf Coast was [...]
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Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ: SONC), the nation’s largest chain of drive-in restaurants, has appointed James O’Reilly as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. O’Reilly brings more than 20 years of senior level leadership in consumer driven marketing, brand management and product development, including extensive experience within the quick service restaurant segment. He most recently served [...]
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Sealing multi-unit franchise deals in markets throughout the United States and reporting average unit volumes exceeding $2.2 million last year, Corner Bakery Cafe is riding the momentum with numerous new market entries, menu introductions and several high-profile franchise agreements already in motion for 2012. “It’s already starting out to be a big year for the [...]
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Papa John’s, the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, today announced that America has called “heads” in Papa John’s Super Bowl XLVI Coin Toss Experience. With America’s call, the millions of fans enrolled in the company’s Papa Rewards customer loyalty program will receive a free large one-topping pizza and 2-liter Pepsi MAX if the coin [...]
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FREEBIRDS World Burrito, the fast casual burrito joint with the rock ‘n’ roll attitude, announced today it will open in Houston at the Enclave Shopping Center on Monday, February 6, 2012 and in Conroe, Texas on Tuesday February 7, 2012. To celebrate, FREEBIRDS will give the first 25 guests in line at each location free [...]
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Licensee Craig Jones will open the doors to Richmond Hill’s first Zaxby’s restaurant this Monday. The new restaurant is located at 80 Exchange St., in front of Kroger. A Southeast favorite for chicken fingers and Buffalo wings, Zaxby’s will operate Monday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to [...]
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Chocolate lovers rejoice! Baskin-Robbins, the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, today announced it is bringing back one of its classic flavors, Superfudge Truffle, in time to celebrate Valentine’s Day right. Sent to the Deep Freeze in 2010 for Baskin-Robbins’ 65th birthday celebration, February’s decadent Flavor of the Month is made with real [...]
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Mimi’s Cafe Goes Red. Starting in February, American Heart Month, Mimi’s Cafe is giving a piece of its heart to the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement. The neighborhood bistro inspired by France is the first-ever restaurant to nationally support the effort. Go Red For Women is dedicated to fighting heart disease, the [...]
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