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February 14, 2011
Pioneer Award

The Pioneer Award is selected each year by the Editorial Board of Nation's Restaurant News. A veteran multi-unit foodservice operator is recognized for professional dedication and contributions to the foodservice industry. This honoree is saluted for sustaining innovation and creativity, congratulated for a lifetime of success and gratefully thanked for a career of service. This award was presented during MUFSO.

November 7, 2010
Looming federal regulations on menu labeling present challenges for chains
Chain restaurants nationwide are re-evaluating the way they develop their dishes as they brace for regulations requiring them to list calorie information on menus.

March 21, 2010
The changing American diner
The average American consumer has been evolving for quite some time, and Nation’s Restaurant News’...
December 20, 2009
2009 Year in Review: A toast to the winners
Sally Smith, president and chief executive of Buffalo Wild Wings, earned the 2009 Gold Plate...
December 13, 2009
Fielding the tough questions
The challenges of leading a restaurant company through today’s business obstacles, including a struggling economy,...
November 1, 2009
Value, culinary creativity top of mind at Menu Trends event
Emerging culinary trends and the economy’s effect on dining habits were hot topics of discussion...
October 25, 2009
Family-dining chains showing signs of life
After years of waning sales and diminished foot traffic, family dining is on the brink...
October 25, 2009
Guests get a ‘Taste of What’s Hot’ at opening reception
The 50th annual Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference kicked off with A Taste of What’s Hot:...
October 25, 2009
Industry talks innovation at 50th MUFSO conference
Innovation was the prevailing theme as hundreds of operators from across the country gathered to...
October 25, 2009
‘Having Words With’ panelists share their roads to success
“Having Words With,” a weekly feature of Nation’s Restaurant News’ print publication, came to life...
October 4, 2009
Phil Friedman
Guiding a nascent restaurant chain from 30-odd units to nearly 300 and making it a...
October 4, 2009
SLIDE SHOW: Hot Concepts celebrated at MUFSO
DALLAS Five emerging restaurant brands were the center of attention Sunday night at Nation’s Restaurant...
October 3, 2009
Innovation a top topic as MUFSO kicks off
DALLAS Nation’s Restaurant News’ 50th Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference kicked off Sunday as hundreds of...
September 13, 2009
Having words with Michael Woodhouse, president and chief executive Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
As Cracker Barrel Old Country Store celebrates its 40th anniversary, Michael Woodhouse attributes the brand’s...
September 3, 2009
Cracker Barrel’s CEO on value, quality and the chain’s 40th
LEBANON Tenn. As Cracker Barrel Old Country Store celebrates its 40th anniversary, Michael Woodhouse attributes...
August 9, 2009
Hot Concepts 2009: Red Mango USA
Red Mango, Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2009 Hot Concepts! award-winning tart frozen-yogurt concept, gets its name...
July 26, 2009
LEYE founder Melman wins NRN’s Pioneer Award for ’09
Long recognized as one of the pre-eminent developers of inventive and profitable restaurant concepts, Richard...
February 1, 2009
Doherty caps illustrious career, retires as NRN group publisher
After spending more than 20 years at Nation’s Restaurant News’ parent company, Lebhar-Friedman Inc., James...
January 11, 2009
MUFSO predicted the future, showed off new technology for first attendees
As we celebrate 50 years of MUFSO, it would seem easy to assess the kind...
November 30, 2008
Exec panel tackles operations, green strategies
Operational efficiencies, green initiatives and strategies to offset economic woes were key topics of discussion...
November 16, 2008
Cornell, CIA study: Sometimes it pays to drop the ‘dollars’ from your menu
Whether we’re in a textbook definition of a recession right now is irrelevant. Many of...
November 9, 2008
Survival of the fittest
A report on the state of the casual-dining business published late last summer by Cleveland...
July 27, 2008
Second 100 chains see slowed sales growth for second consecutive year
Newly developed data reveal that the growth-oriented restaurant chains comprising the industry’s Second 100 universe...
May 4, 2008
RLC attendees proffer ideas for growth in tough economy
Wincing from conditions in their own industry, restaurateurs attending the Restaurant Leadership Conference learned the...
February 3, 2008
Larranaga named to succeed Gould as NRN publisher
Nation’s Restaurant News’ national director of sales, Tom Larranaga, has been promoted to publisher to...
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