Category Archives: Restaurant

Family feud over ‘M*A*S*H’ hot dog stand over

By doris | Published: October 16, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com TOLEDO, Ohio — A restaurant whose hot dogs were made famous by cross-dressing Cpl. Max Klinger on the TV series “M*A*S*H” has new owners, but it will stay within the family after a judge settled a feud on Thursday over the ownership of Tony Packo’s. A private restaurant group backed by [...]

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Starbucks to roll out biggest drink size yet

By doris | Published: January 16, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS ANGELES — Starbucks Corp. will roll out its biggest drink size yet — the 31-ounce “Trenta” — in all its U.S. coffee shops by May 3, the company said on Sunday. The new size will be available only for iced coffee, iced tea and iced tea lemonade drinks in the [...]

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Pizzaman turned Congressman hopes to fix Capitol Hill

By doris | Published: January 9, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — Bobby Schilling, the pizza shop owner from Illinois who was sworn into Congress Wednesday, thinks his business skills can fix Washington. As a small business owner, “you are almost forced to troubleshoot: Find the problem, fix it, then find another problem, and I think that is what Washington [...]

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Starbucks to hike prices on ‘labor intensive’ drinks

By doris | Published: September 23, 2010

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Starbucks drinks, long considered symbols of Americans’ penchant to overspend, are about to get even pricier. The coffee giant said late Wednesday that it will raise the price of “labor-intensive and larger-sized” beverages because of soaring prices of green arabica coffee beans.

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Ohio Domino’s is first in U.S. to go 24-hours

By doris | Published: September 20, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com CINCINNATI — Domino’s Pizza Inc. says a franchise store in southwest Ohio is the first of its U.S. stores to remain open 24 hours a day. A manager of the store near the University of Dayton campus says it began staying open 24 hours about a month ago. Manager Steve Martin [...]

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What went wrong at Burger King

By doris | Published: September 5, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com FORTUNE — It’s not yet clear what Burger King’s new owner, the Brazilian-backed private equity firm 3G Capital, has in mind for the troubled No. 2 fast-food chain. But a total strategic revamp is in order. Burger King (BKC), which went public four years ago after its previous private equity owners [...]

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Big Mac attack: McDonald’s stock sizzles

By doris | Published: August 28, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you needed any more proof that the economy is slowing down, look no further than how well McDonald’s stock is doing. Shares of Mickey D’s are up 18% this year, putting the company neck and neck with DuPont (DD, Fortune 500) as the best-performing company in [...]

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Gulf seafood price spikes hit area eateries

By doris | Published: June 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com New Orleans restaurant owner Ralph Brennan had only recently started to see business pick up following Hurricane Katrina and the recession when he was hit with another blow: the Gulf oil disaster. Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and began spewing oil off the coast of Louisiana, Brennan says the [...]

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Ash cloud grounds U.S. produce, fish and parts

By doris | Published: April 21, 2010

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — From California produce to New England seafood, the ash cloud from the Iceland volcano is taking its toll on U.S. businesses. Air traffic to and from Europe has been disrupted for days, and that is keeping goods grounded. On Saturday, Boston-based Black Pearl Seafood was supposed to import [...]

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Burger King: Beer with those fries?

By doris | Published: January 23, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Burger King is opening a restaurant in Miami Beach that will serve beer along with burgers and fries, the chain’s first U.S. location with alcohol. At the Whopper Bar South Beach, guests can pair a Whopper sandwich with Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors brews. With fries, the combo will [...]

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