First-quarter profit, revenue flat for Noble Roman’s
The pizza franchisor earned $365,079 in the quarter ended March 31. But it continues to see more growth from take-n-bake products in grocery stores.
The pizza franchisor earned $365,079 in the quarter ended March 31. But it continues to see more growth from take-n-bake products in grocery stores.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has stripped founder Robert P. Stiller of his position as chairman after he sold shares to meet a margin call at a time when the company’s trading policies prohibited such sales.
Atlanta-based restaurant chain discloses most of the seven to nine new restaurants planned this year will be in the Indianapolis area.
Six area all-you-can-eat restaurants owned by Cincinnati-based Frisch's Restaurants Inc. will be sold to North Carolina firm.
McDonald’s Corp. said Chief Operating Officer Don Thompson, who grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from Purdue University, will take over as CEO, becoming the first black chief of the world’s largest restaurant chain.
Noble Roman’s saw royalties and fees from traditional franchises decrease last year, but royalties and fees from non-traditional franchises increased, and the company saw more growth from take-n-bake products.
The private company and principals Bill and Mike Dahm are defendants in the lawsuit brought by Jerry Dahm, a cousin who once owned 35 percent of the company and claims he was forced to sell his shares at a discounted rate.
Buffets Restaurants Holdings, which operates at least three restaurants in the Indianapolis area, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time and plans to close 81 underperforming eateries.
Retha Parsley owns three franchises for Edible Arrangements, a fruit-bouquet-delivery business, including a new downtown location that also sells in-store dipped fruit, fruit smoothies and fruit parfaits.
In his annual letter to shareholders, Sardar Biglari says he has commitments for 110 new franchises and thinks the Indianapolis-based restaurant chain could take its concept overseas.
Sky Zone, a franchised all-trampoline indoor recreational complex operated by Jeff Mast, opens Monday in Fishers at Cumberland Road and East 121st Street, just south of Interstate 69.
Simply Eyebrows is joining Indianapolis International’s heralded collection of retailers.
The Indianapolis-based Franchisee Group sold the area restaurants to Consolidated Wings Investment LLC in Greenwich, Conn., led by the former president of the Papa John’s pizza chain.
Tilted Kilt, a chain of Celtic sports pubs known for its scantily clad, kilt-wearing waitresses, will take over the spot at the northeast corner of Meridian and Georgia streets.
The owner of the drive-through focused burger chain Rally’s, which got its start in southern Indiana, hopes to double the number of locations in the Indianapolis area.
The burger chain has applied for zoning approval to build a restaurant near 16th and Meridian streets, just south of CVS drugstore. It would be one of 10 stores it plans to open here.
A lawsuit filed by the downtown Indianapolis mall accuses Cinnaworks LLC, a franchisee of Cinnabon, of failing to pay its $6,751-per-month rent.
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Same-store sales grew during the fiscal third quarter 4.9 percent, helping revenue during the three-month period climb 4.5 percent, to $165.2 million.