13 Restaurants Chains Up for ‘Great Places to Work’ Award

Thirteen chain restaurants are in the running for the 2012 Best Practices award. The award, presented by the People Report and Black Box Intelligence, honors four restaurant companies each year for exceptional workplaces and results, reports Nation’s Restaurant News.

The finalists this year:

•  BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI)
• The Capital Grille (NYSE:DRI)
• Corner Bakery Cafe
• Eat’n Park Restaraunts
• La Madeleine
• La Pain Quotidien
• K&N Management (a franchisee of Rudy’s BBQ)
• LongHorn Steakhouse
• Maggiano’s Little Italy (NYSE:EAT)
• McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD)
• Monical’s Pizza
• Red Lobster
• White Castle

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