Latest Restaurant Press Releases

Miami, FL  (RestaurantNews.com)  Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ: BNHN; BNHNA), operator of the nation’s largest chain of Japanese theme and sushi restaurants, welcomed the preliminary results of the November 17, 2011 Special Meeting in which stockholders voted in favor of the reclassification…
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Columbia, MD  (RestaurantNews.com)  A recent survey conducted by the National Association of Catering Executives, found that more than half the respondents – 60 percent – indicated that corporate holiday party business will increase this year. This compares to two years…
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Portland, OR  (RestaurantNews.com)  Ahoy Portland! Portland Seafood Company splashes onto the Northwest restaurant scene today, opening the doors to its first location in Mall 205 in southeast Portland. The new restaurant, part of the Restaurants Unlimited, Inc. (RUI) family, focuses…
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Chicago, IL  (RestaurantNews.com)  New research from Technomic has found that trust must be mutual, when it comes to the relationship between restaurant managers and their employees. Technomic’s newly-released Optimizing Employee Engagement data found compelling insights about the fundamental components to…
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Rosemont, IL  (RestaurantNews.com)  US Foods and the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board today announced the winners of their first-ever Wisconsin Cheeseburger contest. US Foods customers nationwide were eligible to submit recipes from June 1 – July 31 and 15 winners were…
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Minneapolis, MN  (RestaurantNews.com)  Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. (Nasdaq:GCFB) announced today that on November 14, 2011 it received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market notifying the Company that it is not in compliance…
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Chicago, IL  (RestaurantNews.com)  Consumers want and need to eat out, and the foodservice industry has a huge carbon footprint. Getting industry operators and consumers on the “green” bandwagon is necessary to minimize the impact that restaurants have on the environment…
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Chicago, IL  (RestaurantNews.com)  Leading restaurants are expanding their protein selection on menus by offering more pork dishes, according to foodservice consultants Technomic. With a 7 percent increase in menu mentions over the past year, pork is now being showcased in…
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Los Angeles, CA  (RestaurantNews.com)  Innovation, as practiced by Nissan’s creative design, engineering and product development teams can take many forms – from the recently introduced “most room for the dollar” Nissan Versa Sedan to the all-new category defining Nissan NV…
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Pizza Rustica comes from humble roots but is now in 14 cities and growing Miami Beach, FL  (RestaurantNews.com)  When Pino Piroso sold his small apartment in South Beach and took an advance on his credit card to open the first…
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San Francisco, CA  (RestaurantNews.com)  OpenTable, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN; www.opentable.com), a leading provider of free online reservations for diners and guest management systems for restaurants, launched a completely redesigned version of its mobile website (http://m.opentable.com) in response to increased demand from…
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Salt Lake City  (RestaurantNews.com)  TCBY (www.tcby.com), the leading frozen yogurt concept, recently expanded its footprint in Oregon with a new store now open in Sandy — marking the seventh store in Oregon. The owner of the new location is Hannah…
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