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Leaders LEED, Others Follow
Three chains with different corporate models take very different approaches to LEED certification and sustainable buildings.
FER REPORT: Blown Away
Technology for ultra-quick drying times has raised industry standards and brought many new models of electric hand dryers to the market.
McDonald’s Sets $3.2 Billion Cap-Ex Budget For New And Existing Stores
The world’s largest restaurant brand will be more aggressive this year in its pursuit of sales and customers. The pledge from McDonald’s Corp. CEO Don Thompson comes as the company announced global same-store sales were up 3.1% in 2012. Sales numbers slipped a bit in the fourth quarter, but the chain is investing big in…
Mooyah Makes A Move
Dallas-based Mooyah has opened its 50th “better burger” unit. The Plano, Texas, store, which opened March 4, is the chain’s 35th outlet in its home state. The fast-growing brand also is aggressively pursuing franchise growth in California, Florida, New England, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Virginia. Mooyah currently has stores in 10 states. The six-year-old chain…
New Exec Will Spearhead Taco Cabana, Pollo Tropical Development
Fiesta Restaurant Group has hired Ed Carnevale as v.p.-construction services to support growth of its Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical brands. Fiesta has 255 company-owned and operated restaurants and 44 franchised restaurants in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. Carnevale will report to Chief Development…
IFMA Presents Gold Plate Award To Independent/Multi-Concept Operator
John C. Metz Jr., CEO/executive chef and co-founder of Atlanta-based Sterling Hospitality, was named the Gold Plate Award winner by the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association on May 20. Metz, nominated by The Coca-Cola Co. and Ecolab, was one of eight operator executives who were eligible for the award after receiving the IFMA Silver Plate award…
New Directions For Cornyn And Fasano
John Cornyn and Joyce Fasano, veteran foodservice consultants best known for long careers at The Cornyn Fasano Group designing facilities for the educational sector, B&I, recreational and fine arts sectors, have closed shop and taken executive roles at another firm. Cornyn and Fasano are now vice presidents at Brailsford & Dunlavey. Cornyn and Fasano joined…
McDonald’s To Debut In Vietnam
Yes, there are still a few countries where you can’t order a Big Mac or a Happy Meal. McDonald’s Corp. will check off Vietnam from that list sometime next year, adding it as the 38th Asian country in the company’s portfolio. The Oak Brook, Ill., chain has named Henry Nguyen, a Vietnamese businessman and the…
Yogen Früz Owners Buy Kahala Corp.
Kahala Corp., the privately owned franchisor of more than a dozen quick-service brands, including Blimpie, Cold Stone Creamery, Johnnie’s New York Pizzeria, Samurai Sam’s Teriyaki Grill, Taco Time, and The Great Steak & Potato Company, has been acquired by Canadian entrepreneurs. Terms of the sale of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Kahala to the Ontario-based Serruya family were…
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