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Revenue from the consumer products division increased 12 percent to $195.2 million during the quarter, primarily due to increased sales of packaged coffee and Starbucks’ VIA Ready Brew instant coffee. For the full fiscal year, Starbucks slightly upgraded its earnings projections to between $1.44 to $1.47, though higher coffee costs are expected to have an unfavorable impact of about 20 cents per share. The company had previously projected 2011 earnings between $1.41 and $1.47, with the negative impact from commodity costs ranging between 8 cents to 10 cents per share. Revenue from Starbucks’ 5,851 international locations grew 9 percent to $640 million. Same-store sales for international units rose 5 percent, reflecting 2-percent upticks in both traffic and average ticket. Starbucks’ 1Q profit rises on holiday sales | Nation's Restaurant News

Lenexa, Kan.-based Applebee’s has 2,000 restaurants and is a division of DineEquity Inc. Contact Bret Thorn at bret.thorn@penton.com . Applebee’s adds to Weight Watchers menu | Nation's Restaurant News

The deal also included the purchase of Texas Wings Inc., the largest franchisee of Hooters restaurants, operating 41 locations. Together with Hooters of America’s 120 restaurants, the merged entity will operate 161 locations in 16 states. The entire Hooters system includes about 452 restaurants worldwide. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and both Hooters and Chanticleer declined to comment. Hooters of America Inc., the franchisor and operator of the Hooters casual-dining chain, completed its sale to an investor group led by Chanticleer Holdings Inc., the company said Monday. Atlanta-based Hooters of America was owned by the estate of the brand’s founder, Robert H. Hooters sold to Chanticleer Holdings | Nation's Restaurant News

5 Secrets of Top Maitre D's 2. How many times you've stood them up. Ann Shepherd of OpenTable , which handles online reservations for more than 15,000 restaurants, says the site does track data on diners who have a habit of blowing off their reservations. "If a diner has a certain number of accumulated 'no shows' their account is closed," she says. The system also notes—and prevents—a customer from double-booking at two different restaurants. 3.

Bennigan’s has about 90 franchised units in 12 nations. The $1 million store, which is situated in a strip-mall end cap, has 140 seats indoors and 40 on a patio featuring heated and illuminated umbrellas and a fire pit. The restaurant features lighter woods, 20 high-definition televisions and a “sleek and contemporary look that’s cool and hip,” Goronkin said, adding that franchisees in Bahrain and Mexico already are adopting some of the design elements found in the new Appleton unit. Bennigan’s debuts prototype with new logo, design | Nation's Restaurant News

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Happy Meal ban closer to reality in San Francisco | Money & Company | Los Angeles Times “It’s time for fast-food companies to stop exploiting children in order to sell more junk food, and this measure would at least set basic nutrition standards for meals sold with toys," said Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington. "Fatty meat, French fries, white flour, and sugary drinks are the last foods we should encourage kids to eat.” Supervisor Eric Mar, who introduced the measure, said supporters were part of a growing movement to help children fight obesity and nutrition-related diseases. "From San Francisco to New York City, The measure has been widely ridiculed in some circles, with opponents saying it's up to parents to choose what their children eat -- not politicians.

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