(TNS) — Wendy’s will pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from a data breach that hit more than 1,000 of its restaurants in 2015 and 2016. On Wednesday, the Ohio-based burger chain announced the pending agreement with financial institutions that alleged Wendy’s did not protect customer credit card information. Wendy’s said it will pay $27.5 million of the settlement, with the rest …
Danny Meyer, founder of Union Square Hospitality Group Spencer Platt/Getty Some of the biggest names in fine dining are being sued over their conversion to a no-tipping policy in their restaurants. The restaurateurs named in the lawsuit â filed by a diner who claims to have been overcharged â include Danny Meyer of the Union Square Hospitality Group (and Shake Shack fame), Tom Colicchio …
President Trump’s motorcade heads down Pennsylvania Avenue as he goes to dinner at the Trump International Hotel on March 25. Updated: 10:26 a.m. ET Two plaintiffs involved in the hotel and restaurant industry have joined a lawsuit alleging …
A Connecticut couple says Georgia-based Arby’s restaurants failed to prevent hackers from stealing customer information at hundreds of its stores. In a new federal lawsuit, the couple is seeking class-action status in the case. Jacqueline and Joseph Weiss of Glastonbury, Connecticut, say computer hackers used data-looting malware to penetrate systems at about 1,000 Arby’s restaurants …
Chipotle is setting aside its problems and going on a hiring spree. The company, which has struggled in recent months with an E. coli outbreak and a lawsuit accusing it of mistreating workers, plans to offer jobs to 5,000 people across the country on Sept. 28. A spokesman said Chipotle needs the staff as it opens more than 200 of its Mexican-style restaurants this year.
The Burma Superstar restaurants attorney released a statement Wednesday about three employees suing the chain for unfair wages. The attorney for the restaurants located in Alameda, San Francisco and Oakland says they have always “The owners value their team as an extension of their family, and strive to treat everyone with the utmost respect, providing good wages and …
Music icon Gladys Knight is suing her son, demanding that he stop using her name. According to the lawsuit, Knight no longer wants her name and image on any signs or promotions for the chicken and waffles restaurants. The lawsuit claims Knight licensed her name and memorabilia to her son, Shanga Hankerson, in 1999 for use in connection with the Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurants.
With their claim, “When you’re here, you’re family,” Olive Garden has become synonymous with America’s proliferation of family-style restaurants. Olive Garden is the largest retail brand of Darden Restaurants, the world’s largest full-service restaurant conglomerate, and the world’s largest employer of tipped employees. Beyond size, however, Olive Garden has made a name for itself by using the …