This past May, Rosinter became the first restaurant company from a former Soviet country to go public, doing so via an initial public offering that raised $100 million. The stock now trades on the RTS index under the...
TWO's Top Three: Chef/owner David Gingrass (l.), maître d' Rebecca Gingrass (c.), chef Bridget Batson. Next Generation: Dining at David Gingrass's Hawthorne Lane provided a sense of occasion. Guests find...
The biggest piece of news to emerge from the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) might simply be that full-service restaurant chains are now recognized in its survey universe...
It used to be that the two words no Darden executive wanted to hear were “China Coast.” That was the company’s casual dining take on Chinese food that grew to 51 units before its plug was pulled in 1995. Few remember...
The promise to contestants on the first two seasons of Top Chef was that a win could help provide both the seed money and notoriety they’d need to launch that dream restaurant of their own. That’s how it worked for...
They’re known variously as “previews” or “trailers,” and Hollywood filmmakers have grasped their inherent marketing power for decades. It’s simple: give a potential customer a fast-paced snippet of the full-length...
We carry no brief for the Franchise Finance division of GE Capital Solutions. But when this company turned six brainiacs loose on the restaurant industry to compile its 2007 Chain Industry Restaurant Review, the...