RISE - Menu Monitor

Personnel |
Theodore G. Croft, V.P. of Finance
John Reale, COO
Jean M. Birch, President
Rebeca M. Johnson, CMO
Dale A. Goss, V.P. of Development
News & Other |
Romano’s Macaroni Grill reported October same-store sales fell 4.3%. (Company Release 11/8/06)
Romano’s Macaroni Grill reported November same-store sales fell 6.2%. (NRN Daily NewsFax 12/8/06)
Romano’s Macaroni Grill reported January same-store sales declined 3.9%. (NRN Daily NewsFax 2/8/07)
Brinker International Inc. reported February same-store sales declined 5.1% at Chili’s Grill & Bar, 4.1% at Romano’s Macaroni
Grill, 4.1% at Maggiano’s Little Italy and 5.5% at On The Border. (NRN Daily NewsFax 3/8/07)
Romano’s Macaroni Grill made a $100,000 donation to the Meals on Wheels Association of America. After the event,
Romano’s President and Chief Executive hand-delivered meals to Dallas seniors. (Nation’s Restaurant News 5/21/07 p30)
Brinker International Inc. reported May same-store sales fell 3% at Chili’s, 4.2% at On The Border, 2.1% at Romano’s
Macaroni Grill and 1.5% at Maggiano’s. In addition, stock shares fell 70¢ to close at $32.34. (Associated Press 6/6/07)
Romano’s Macaroni Grill owner Brinker International Inc. is exploring the sale of the chain after flat or declining sales
compared to year-before figures for every month in the 2007 fiscal year. The restaurant was created in 1988 by Phil Romano
and purchased by Brinker in 1989. There are approximately 240 franchised and company-owned Macaroni Grills worldwide,
making it Brinker’s second largest brand behind Chili’s. (The Dallas Morning News 8/8/07)
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