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R&D execs celebrate, strategize at conference

Culinary and marketing experts from top restaurant chains mingled and sampled new products during a networking reception that closed out the first day of the recent Menu Trends & Directions conference.

The event, held at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Fla., brought together more than 75 professionals, who shared strategies over cocktails and food from the events’ sponsors.

October 12, 2008
Financial crisis to be a private-party pooper this holiday season
As the economy continues its downward spiral, restaurant owners expect private-banquet and corporate-gala business to...
October 5, 2008
Labor lawyers: Changes to Americans with Disabilities Act may lead to more workplace discrimination suits
Employers should expect to see more workplace lawsuits under the newly amended American with Disabilities...
October 2, 2008
Restaurant industry cheers bailout’s passage
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association praised the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday for its...
June 3, 2008
Bush signs law providing credit slip clarification
WASHINGTON Restaurant industry officials praised President Bush for signing a law Tuesday that aims to...
May 19, 2008
McCain criticizes farm bill, Obama in NRA speech
CHICAGO Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, in a speech at the National Restaurant Association's...
May 18, 2008
Weathering the storm: Inflation fuels action
With the November elections less than seven months away, soaring food inflation is emerging as...
May 11, 2008
NRA, NCCR join fight vs. ethanol policies
Roused by soaring food costs, an unusual alliance of advocacy groups that includes the two...
February 7, 2008
Restaurants to benefit from stimulus bill
WASHINGTON Restaurants would be able to write off 50 percent of their 2008 equipment purchases...
January 28, 2008
Calif. lawmakers reject health care bill
SACRAMENTO Calif. In what was widely seen as a test of state-level health insurance mandates,...
January 24, 2008
Industry shows support for Bush economic stimulus plan
WASHINGTON Restaurant industry officials are championing the $150 billion economic stimulus bill that was hammered...
December 16, 2007
Industry endured goverment regulations, lack of progress on key issues in ’07
Americans spent the second half of 2007 thinking about the future—in particular, the upcoming national...
December 6, 2007
Leading seafood trade group backs greater FDA funding
MCLEAN Va. The group representing companies that produce or import about 75 percent of the...
November 11, 2007
Cooperating operators join up to fight food contamination
“Collaboration” was the oft-repeated mantra of nearly 50 industry professionals gathered to discuss food safety...
November 1, 2007
NRA urges Tinsley to run for Congress in N.M.
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association is encouraging former chairman Ed Tinsley to run for New...
October 21, 2007
Helpful tax cuts resulted from latest wage increase
Earth-shaking changes in the tax laws impacting restaurants happen once a decade. The Small Business...
October 21, 2007
Keynote speaker Panetta talks politics with restaurateurs
LOS ANGELES—Partisan “gridlock” is preventing America’s political leaders from setting important policy and enacting reforms,...
October 21, 2007
Keynote speaker Panetta talks politics with restaurateurs
LOS ANGELES—Partisan “gridlock” is preventing America’s political leaders from setting important policy and enacting reforms,...
September 30, 2007
Biofuel quest=kernel conundrum
Since the growing use of corn to make ethanol has driven up prices of many...
September 25, 2007
Aquaculture, health insurance and alternative fuels top NRA policy goals
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association voted Tuesday to foster the development of a domestic aquaculture...
July 8, 2007
SW operators regroup after 11th-hour immigration reform bid fails
After running an unsuccessful full-court press to get the U.S. Senate to vote for immigration...
June 14, 2007
NRA expresses relief over immigration bill’s revival
WASHINGTON Calling it a “cause for optimism,” the National Restaurant Association welcomed Thursday’s decision by...
June 10, 2007
Pending immigration bill could make operators labor over possibly worsened worker shortfalls
Even though the vast majority of American citizens are descendants of immigrants, we might have...
May 31, 2007
NRA shifts to more favorable view of immigration bill
WASHINGTON After meeting with President Bush, officials of the National Restaurant Association voiced support...
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