1.   Today, few restaurant companies generate ideas in-house, relying instead on acquisitions or joint ventures with entrepreneurs.

2.   Billboard Live, an entertainment and restaurant company, has pulled out of its option to operate the theater, she said.

3.   But anytime a restaurant company has to start flip-flopping its strategies, investors often wind up getting plucked.

4.   But for most publicly traded restaurant companies to truly flourish, they must be busy more than a few hours a day.

5.   Chargers can also be found in most housewares sections of department stores and restaurant supply companies.

6.   Corporate turnaround veteran Charles Lynch, who was named chairman of the troubled restaurant company in March, adds the title of chief executive.

7.   Darden faces an increasingly competitive industry and a stock market that has ruthlessly penalized restaurant companies that fall short of expectations.

8.   Dry-aged prime beef sold at retail by a restaurant wholesale company.

9.   Executives at several restaurant companies acknowledge that they face some risks.

10.   For all of their faults, a bundle of money was made on the upward trajectory of restaurant companies Boston Chicken and Rainforest Cafe.