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The foodservice recession continues to impact operators—especially independents who lack the resources to compete with chains. A new report from the NPD Group said the…

In its first international expansion, The Cheesecake Factory has inked an exclusive licensing agreement with the Alshaya group of companies to build and operate restaurants…

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group is exploring strategic alternatives, including possible sale, for the 3,700-unit Arby’s chain. The Atlanta-based company says that selling the Arby’s chain would help…

Gordon Oates Sr., one of the founding fathers of the modern foodservice equipment industry and a 38-year veteran of Vulcan-Hart Corp., has died. He was…

Hooters of America will answer to a new parent. In a transaction ending nearly three decades of family ownership, a group of private investors has…

Vulcan, Baltimore, Md., will be expanding its product line with the TEC Searmaster Charbroiler line. Vulcan’s parent, ITW Food Equipment Group North America, has acquired…

Cooper-Atkins has announced its reassessment to ISO 9001:2008. The Middlefield, Conn., company has been an ISO 9001 manufacturing facility since 1999. The reassessment certifies them…

The National Sanitation Foundation Int’l. has opened a testing laboratory in Shanghai which includes foodservice equipment testing and on-site training in various areas, including food…

Grills and heat lamps will still find work, even in the face of a Minnesota proposal dubbed the "Cheeseburger Bill," which would prohibit lawsuits against…

Under the umbrella of its “Conserve: Solutions for Sustainability” environmental initiative, the National Restaurant Association has teamed up with an Atlanta-based nonprofit program and a…