Latest Restaurant Press Releases

McDonald’s Strong Performance Supported by a Large and Frequent Base of Loyal Customers Last week McDonald’s announced another strong sales performance for US stores in the 4th quarter. This marks a year where McDonald’s posted healthy same store sales growth…
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MIAMI  (RestaurantNews.com)  Benihana Inc. (Nasdaq: BNHNA; BNHN) has recently become aware of a lawsuit allegedly filed by Benihana against a blogger in Kuwait for his unfavorable review of a local BENIHANA restaurant.   Benihana Inc. wishes to correct the misinformation…
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SAN FRANCISCO  (RestaurantNews.com)  Just in time for Valentine’s Day, OpenTable, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPEN), a leading provider of free online restaurant reservations for diners and guest management solutions for restaurants, today announced the 50 winners of its Diners’ Choice Awards for Most…
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DENVER  (RestaurantNews.com)  The restaurant business has a very high mortality rate.  The reason for this high attrition is that many new restaurant entrepreneurs just don’t know what they don’t know about how to go about properly planning and opening a…
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ORLANDO, Fla.  (RestaurantNews.com)  AAA announced today the 179 establishments named as AAA/CAA Five Diamond Award® designees for 2011. Just 124 lodgings and 55 restaurants were eligible for the travel authority’s highest and most exclusive rating. These select establishments represent 0.3…
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AURORA, Ill.  (RestaurantNews.com)  AAA Chicago has announced the seven restaurants and four lodgings named as AAA Five Diamond Award designees for 2011 in Illinois and northern Indiana. All eleven designees are located in Chicago, Ill. With seven Five Diamond restaurants,…
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NEW YORK, NY  (RestaurantNews.com)  As the country began extricating itself from economic doldrums in 2010, which dishes and drinks did savvy food marketers and restaurant operators introduce or innovate to satisfy consumer needs? According to the Culinary Trend Mapping Report,…
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SAN FRANCISCO  (RestaurantNews.com)  OpenTable, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPEN), a leading provider of free online reservations for diners and guest management systems for restaurants, today announced the winners of its 2010 Diners’ Choice awards for the Best Overall restaurants. The list of winners…
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Denny’s Corporation (NASDAQ: DENN) today announced the adoption of a pre-arranged stock trading plan for the purpose of repurchasing a limited number of Denny’s Corporation (the “Company”) common stock in accordance with guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities…
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Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. (Nasdaq:DAVE) announces it has opened its newest award-winning Bar-B-Que restaurant in Aurora, Colorado, at 15725 E. Briarwood Circle. The December 13th opening marks the sixth Famous Dave’s location in Colorado. “We’re excited about opening Famous…
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Saladworks, the nation’s first and largest fresh-tossed salad franchise concept, announces an agreement with a multi-unit developer for three locations in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge, LA areas. The franchise concept is at the helm of remarkable expansion from…
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If you have food allergies, dining out may have its limitations. Pizza House, with locations in Ann Arbor and East Lansing, is helping pizza lovers who are allergic to gluten. The restaurant now serves gluten-free pizza crust with customers’ favorite mix of…
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