Elmer's Restaurants, Inc. Reports Record Annual Earnings and Sales; Announces Opening of Two New Elmer's Restaurants.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Elmer's Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELMS) announced today its earnings for the fiscal year ended April 2, 2001. The Company reported record annual net income of $956,000 on record revenues of $25.9 million, and generated record earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and...

Darden Restaurants Reports 17% Second Quarter Diluted Net Earnings Per Share Growth.
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. today reported diluted net earnings per share for the second quarter ended November 26, 2006. For the second quarter, diluted net earnings per share were 41 cents, a 17% increase over the prior year, on net earnings of $61.7 million....

Darden Restaurants Reports Second Quarter Diluted Net Earnings Per Share; Announces Quarterly Dividend of 20 Cents Per Share; Updates Fiscal 2009 Financial Outlook.
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. today reported sales and diluted net earnings per share for the second quarter ended November 23, 2008. In the second quarter, diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations were 42 cents, an increase of 40%, versus 30 cents in...

Cheers hits the big easy! Sixth annual Cheers beverage conference covers new ground, attracts more than 300 industry leaders.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY JOSEPH P. MICATROTTO, CEO, BUCA, INC. "Any Proof in Our Future?" Protect your turf with positive actions. Keynote Joe Micatrotto took conference participants back in time to a era when restaurants were typically seeing their beverage alcohol percentage of sales...

2006: operators battle rising costs, challenging market: the vending industry still fails to win its fair share of growth in a prosperous economy. Operators remain slow to invest in new technology that will strengthen their competitive position.
Fiscal 2006 was not a year of great expectations for the vending industry. The industry remained constrained by the same forces that have stymied its growth since the end of the "dotcom" implosion of the late 1990s, which was its last prosperous period. Worksite downsizing ebbed after...

That's the ticket: a cocktail menu including signature drinks can spark beverage sales, profitability, customer loyalty and--of course--higher check averages.
Walk into a Cafe Tu Tu Tango and you are likely to see virtually every customer in the estalishment looking through those toy slide-viewers called View-Masters. What are they viewing? The restaurant's drink menu. There is already a lot to see in a Cafe Tu Tu Tango....

Ruth's Hospitality Group Posts 3Q 2008 Financial Results.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-11 November 2008-Ruth's Hospitality Group Posts 3Q 2008 Financial Results(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Ruth's Hospitality Group today reported unaudited results for its third quarter ended September 28. According to a release, highlights for the third quarter 2008 compared to third quarter...

Darden Restaurants Reports Third Quarter Earnings per Diluted Share of 40 Cents.
ORLANDO, Fla., March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) today reported earnings per diluted share of 40 cents for its third quarter, which ended February 25, 2001, on sales of $988.6 million. Strong same-restaurant sales growth at its flagship Red Lobster and Olive Garden restaurants...

Eateries, Inc. Reports Record 1st Quarter Revenues.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Vincent F. Orza, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eateries, Inc. (Nasdaq: EATS), today announced the results for the first quarter ended April 1, 2001. First-Quarter Results Revenues for the first quarter of 2001 were...

Operators slow to invest; sales rise 3 points in 2005: vending continues to trail foodservice, marking the second year of weak sales growth in a strong economy.
The automatic merchandising industry stands at the bottom of a ladder, ready to climb, but barely moving. The ladder is firm, the rungs all in place, yet the industry hardly raises its foot to take the first step. Automatic merchandising industry revenue increased by 3 percentage points...