Restaurant Job Resource - Ruby Tuesday Restaurant News

The Company is commencing a search for a successor.

Same-restaurant sales decreased 4.2% at Company-owned Ruby Tuesday restaurants, below the guidance range of -2.0% to -3.0%

Same-restaurant sales decreased 4.1% at Company-owned Ruby Tuesday restaurants, inclusive of approximately 40 basis points of adverse impact from Hurricane Irene

Including $90 Million of Annual Free Cash Flow and Completion of the Franchise Partnership Acquisitions

Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE: RT), Becker Drapkin Management, L.P., and Carlson Capital, L.P. today announced that Steven R. Becker and Matthew A. Drapkin have been appointed as independent members of the Board of Directors of Ruby Tuesday, effective June 30, 2011.

Same-restaurant sales decreased 1.2% at Company-owned Ruby Tuesday restaurants, with severe winter weather in many of the Company’s core markets negatively impacting same-restaurant sales by an estimated 1.5% to 2.0%

Net income of $4.6 million, compared to prior-year net income of $0.4 million

Ruby Tuesday announced that all its 674 company-owned restaurants are now smoke-free.

Positive same-restaurant sales of 1.2% at Company-owned Ruby Tuesday restaurants

Ruby Tuesday is making it easier to eat healthy while dining out, with the addition of lunch salads, more seafood, and new choices on the Fresh Garden Bar. In addition, a new “Fit & Trim” symbol appears next to items on the menu that have 700 or fewer calories.