Jack in the Box Inc., San Diego, Calif., entered into a definitive agreement to sell Qdoba Restaurant Corp., a Lakewood, Colo.-based wholly owned subsidiary of Jack in the Box, to Apollo Global Management, New York.

If you don’t want fast food and you don’t want an expensive full service meal, a "fast casual" restaurant might be just the ticket, says Mintel.

Though the recession took a toll on most restaurant sectors in 2009, fast-casual chains benefited from consumers trading down from full-service restaurants to lower-priced ones.

Culinary Software Services Inc., Boulder, Colo., said fast-casual chain restaurant operator Boston Market Corp., Golden, Colo., has begun using Culinary Software's ChefTec Plus recipe costing and menu development software.