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Two top franchisee groups are acquiring Long John Silver’s and A&W Restaurants from Yum! Brands. The sales will close in the fourth quarter, Yum! said.…

A decade of in-depth conversations and successful networking has FER’s staff gearing up for its sixth biennial Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium. MUFES 2012, set for…

Filippo Berti has been named chairman and CEO of Ali Group North America. Berti succeeds Robert Nerbonne in overseeing the Group’s North American companies, including…

The equipment battle has ended. The gourmet burger battle has begun. The Wendy’s Co. has settled a lawsuit with franchise group WendPartners over bun-toasting equipment…

Jacques Bloch, a founder of one of the Association for Healthcare Foodservice’s legacy organizations and a strong advocate for healthcare foodservice, has died. Two years…

Consumer confidence has generally been considered a good driver of consumer spending. But recent data shows a bit of disconnect. Both major measures of consumer…

The National Restaurant Association has opened up the nomination process for its 2012 Kitchen Innovations Awards. The awards, selected by an independent panel of experts,…

Wholesale food prices are on a course to show the largest one-year increase since 1980, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index…

ALTO-SHAAM has repositioned its regional sales managers as sector vice presidents, along with its culinary and inside sales support teams. Jack Scott, senior v.p.-sales and…

One of the critical realities of the foodservice business is that richer households buy a significant percentage of restaurant meals. And one of the unfortunate…