PE-backed coffee and donuts giant Dunkin' Brands is expanding despite bankruptcies at regional franchisees Kelly Holman interviews Duknin' Brands CEO Nigel Travis at IDDmagazine.com (copy of article here). She writes: … [Read more...]
Scatterfield Road Dunkin’ Donuts Closes
July 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Downtown location still doing well Aleasha Sandley of the Herald Bulletin reports that one of two Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants opened in the last year closed its doors for the last time Saturday. The 4431 S. … [Read more...]
Largest Hardee’s franchisee Blasts Ads
July 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Dale Gibson of the Triangle Business Journal reports that the largest franchisee of Hardee's restaurants is blasting the burger chain’s newest advertising campaign and says it will not place the spots in any of the … [Read more...]
BK Franchisees Nix the $1 Double Cheeseburger
July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
But Chain Will Offer Pricey Item at Discount Through Coupon Effort Emily Bryson York writes in Advertising Age that Burger King may not be able to have everything its way, but it certainly tries. After the … [Read more...]
Tim Hortons Arrives in the Big Apple
July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Anneleen Naudts, writes at Citynews.ca that Tim Horton's has arrived in Manhattan. "It's all the buzz," says Pat Kiernan, morning anchor of NY1 in New York City. The ubiquitous Canadian coffee chain recently moved … [Read more...]
Convenience, Cost Drive College Students’ Dining Choices
July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
College students have different reasons for choosing to dine on- versus off-campus, finds a new report by foodservice consultant Technomic. Chain Leader reports that based on a new report by foodservice consultant … [Read more...]
CIT Avoids Bankruptcy Through $3 billion Bondholder Deal
July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Pierre Paulden and Linda Shen report at Bloomberg that CIT Group Inc., the 101-year-old commercial finance company seeking to ward off bankruptcy, will announce an agreement for $3 billion in financing from bondholders … [Read more...]
U.S. Small Business Funding Dry, Getting Drier
July 19, 2009 By 1 Comment
Nick Zieminski of Reuters writes in the Insurance Journal that U.S. small businesses, already facing the toughest credit conditions since the 1980s, may soon find things are about to get tougher. Concerns over the … [Read more...]
Restaurants Burned by Deep Discounts
July 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Julie Jaron writes in the Wall Street Journal The deep discounts that restaurant chains have been offering to lure cash-strapped customers out of their kitchens are coming back to bite them. Restaurant chains ranging … [Read more...]
Taking Coupons into the Digital Era
July 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Chris O’Malley of the Indianapolis Business Journal writes that somewhere out there, a pimply teen-ager is texting away on her phone and working up an appetite for a Brownie Batter Blizzard. The 11-store Dairy Queen … [Read more...]
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