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Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern opened a second outlet in Panama on the causeway to the Panama Canal. The unit, owned by
franchise group Extreme Planet, is Bennigan’s 52nd international location. Extreme Planet also operates the downtown
Panama City location. (NRN Daily NewsFax 4/17/07)
Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern opened a new restaurant in Amman, Jordan. The unit marks the chain’s first in Jordan. It is also
Bennigan’s 53rd international location. (Insidetxbiz.com 5/9/07)
Technology |
Bennigan’s Grill and Tavern has selected TouchTunes Corp. as its exclusive provider of digital music. Bennigan’s will install
TouchTunes pay-per-play digital jukeboxes in all of its 157 corporate-run restaurants, and is also making the jukeboxes
available for its 86 franchised locations. The new system features a 19-inch touch-sensitive screen and a company-wide
customizable music catalog that can be modified based on the market area, time of day and customer base.
(Businesswire.com 11/13/07)
Personnel |
Tony Davidson, V.P. of Culinary Development
Vincent Runco, CEO
Philip Parsons, CFO
Terry Hamblen, V.P. of Purchasing
Sheri Messerli, V.P. of Operations
Clay Dover, V.P. of Marketing
Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern has announced the appointment of Sheri Messerli as vice president of operations. Messerli has
been regional vice president of operations for Texas and the Midwest since 2005. (Businesswire.com 11/29/07)
News & Other |
Bennigan’s and Steak and Ale are being re-developed by Metromedia Restaurant Group into a new Metromedia Casual Dining
division. (NRN Daily NewsFax 11/21/06)
Bennigan’s Sport is a new sports-theme brand extension from Bennigan’s Grill & Bar. The concept will debut this spring in a
Dallas suburb in a converted 6,500-sq.-ft. Bennigan’s. The Bennigan’s Sport menu will feature items such as Buffalo wings,
Irish-ale queso, Thai chicken salad and a chipotle cheeseburger. The average per-person check will be about $12–$14.
Metromedia Restaurant Group, Bennigan’s parent company, plans to continue to convert existing units to the new brand.
(NRN Daily NewsFax 5/04/07; Nation’s Restaurant News Online 5/03/07)
At a Bennigan’s in Fort Worth, TX, a woman allegedly bit into a cockroach while she was eating her appetizer of potato skins
and buffalo wings. After she reported the incident, the Fort Worth Health Department inspected the restaurant the next day
and found four roaches near the grilling area. An on-duty manager for the restaurant claimed the location was fumigated July
2. Receipts from the service show the pest company found more roaches in the bar and kitchen areas. The health department
issued five other violation notices to the restaurant location. (Wfaa.com 7/5/07)
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