Restaurant Industry News Archive for 2010

CONVICTION KITCHEN Season Two Premieres Friday, January 14, at 10:00 PM (ET) on Planet Green

Company Reaffirms 2010 Earnings Guidance; Year-end BIBP Deficit to be Retired by Company as part of Multi-Year National Marketing Fund Agreement with Domestic Franchisees

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFCB) today announced that Co-CEO Bert Vivian will retire from the Company at the end of fiscal 2011.

When hospitality people travel, it's hard not to notice how others deliver food, drinks, atmosphere and service. We often see missed opportunities, and hope we're not making the same mistakes...

Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts

Yogurt Mountain, LLC, today announced it has opened a new store at 23050 Via Villagio in Estero, Florida.

El Pollo Loco, Inc. announced today it has narrowed its search for a new advertising agency to three Southern California contenders: Hollywood-based Goodness Mfg., Los Angeles-based McCann West/Casanova Pendrill, and Santa Monica-based RPA.

The economy appears to have added a bit more momentum in October. In particular, for the first time in five months, total employment rose from the previous month

Expansion Plans Include New Franchise Locations in Houston, San Antonio, East Texas and El Paso, Joined By Company-Owned Development in Austin

Good Times Restaurants Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIM) announced that on December 13, 2010 it closed on a stock purchase transaction with Small Island Investments Ltd. for the sale of 4,200,000 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2.1 million following shareholder approval of the transaction.