Fry’s Food Stores To Open A Remodeled Store In Phoenix

August 31, 2010 Phoenix Business Journal

Fry’s Food Stores will open a remodeled Marketplace store in Phoenix on Sept. 1.

Kelso & Co. To Acquire Logan’s Roadhouse

Kelso & Co. will acquire Logan’s Roadhouse Inc.

Calorie-Posting Rules To Apply At Theaters, On Airplanes

The FDA is expanding its definition of a restaurant chain to include movie theater concessions, airplanes, trains, convenience stores and grocery store food courts in new rules that require eateries to post calorie counts and make nutritional information available.

CSPI: Super-Sized Portions Are The New Normal

August 31, 2010 Nanci Hellmich, USA Today

Portions that restaurants serve as regular are actually at least twice the size of the government’s definition of a serving, according to nutritionists with the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Fast Casual Establishes Itself As Niche Restaurant Category

August 30, 2010 Mintel

The fast casual restaurant category accounted for estimated sales of $23 billion in 2010, up nearly 30 percent since 2006, according to Mintel.