For the second consecutive quarter, Chipotle Mexican Grill posted a decline in same-store sales driven by a drop in foot traffic — triggering a 9% after-hours drop in the company’s stock. On Wednesday, the Newport Beach-based company reported total revenue of $3.1 billion for the quarter ended June 30, up Read More
Japanese ramen chain Yoshiharu Global Co. announced plans Tuesday to rebrand under the name Vestand Inc. and move its headquarters from Buena Park to Brea as the chain expands its food operations to include restaurant real estate development and digital asset ventures. The 15-unit restaurant chain said it has initiated Read More
Nancy Luna Nancy Luna has been the executive editor of the Orange County Business Journal since September 2024. Nancy began her career 30 years ago at the Orange County Register, where she covered a range of beats, including retail, consumer trends, transportation, healthcare, and tourism. Before coming to the Business Read More
Nancy Luna Nancy Luna has been the executive editor of the Orange County Business Journal since September 2024. Nancy began her career 30 years ago at the Orange County Register, where she covered a range of beats, including retail, consumer trends, transportation, healthcare, and tourism. Before coming to the Business Read More
During a city beautification event held in a lot behind Advance Beauty College, Garden Grove Mayor Stephanie Klopfenstein described the trade school’s chairman, Tam Nguyễn, as the ultimate connector. “His middle name should be collaborator,” she told a crowd gathered to mark the first brush strokes of a vibrant mural Read More
When Dawn Reese describes her leadership style at The Wooden Floor, she calls herself a servant leader. “I always lead with people first,” she said. That mindset has driven Reese, who joined the Santa Ana nonprofit in 2009, to roll out a suite of employee-centered perks that go well beyond Read More
Irvine-based Taco Bell is expanding its specialty drink concept, Live Más Café, after a successful test in Chula Vista, California. The expansion includes adding 30 more of the experimental cafés to existing Taco Bell restaurants in Southern California and Texas this year, including a location opening this summer in the Read More
Oncology diagnostics firm Oncocyte Corp. announced Tuesday a rebranding and relocation of the company’s headquarters from Irvine to Nashville, Tennessee. The rebranded company is now called Insight Molecular Diagnostics Inc. Before the market opens June 18, its common stock (Nasdaq: OCX) will begin to trade under the new Nasdaq ticker, “IMDX.” Read More
Oncology diagnostics firm Oncocyte Corp. announced Tuesday a rebranding and relocation of the company’s headquarters from Irvine to Nashville, Tennessee. The rebranded company is now called Insight Molecular Diagnostics Inc. Before the market opens June 18, its common stock (Nasdaq: OCX) will begin to trade under the new Nasdaq ticker, “IMDX.” Read More
GEN Restaurant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: GENK), the parent company of GEN Korean BBQ, has opened its first international outpost in Ilsan, South Korea. David Kim, chairman and CEO of the Cerritos-based casual dining chain, said the opening of the company’s 50th location marks a “return to our roots as we Read More
