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August 24, 2011
Dairy Queen chief brand officer resigns
Michael Keller leaves to head Pearson’s Candy Company
August 24, 2011
Ruth's names Cheryl J. Henry chief branding officer
Henry served most recently as Ruth's chief development officer
August 22, 2011
Operator makes smooth transition to better-burger concept
Restaurant vet Lindsey Crowley made the transition from fine casual to fast casual and found it just as rewarding.
August 8, 2011
Del Taco debuts new restaurant design
Del Taco is unveiling a new prototype restaurant design and logo this week
June 14, 2011
Front Burner grows three brands
GrillSmith, The Melting Pot and Burger 21 to expand
May 24, 2011
George L. Miller, U.S. Air Force, wins IFMA Gold Plate
Miller leads 36,000 employees serving 255,000 meals a day
May 21, 2011
MEG Conf. recap: Evolving marketing landscape offers opportunities
Operators discuss brand building, social media and bringing relevancy back to restaurants
April 6, 2011
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s extends bowl game sponsorship
Execs: Sponsorship driving franchisee interest in brand
March 7, 2011
Growth Chains: Tom Douglas Restaurants
Chef-restaurateur Tom Douglas didn’t plan to double his restaurant holdings or open five new downtown Seattle operations in the span of two months.

February 1, 2011
Menu Trends & Directions Conference Agenda

2011 Conference Agenda

 

Tuesday, September 27

     

2:00 pm - 2:10 pm

January 27, 2011
McD names Kevin Newell chief global brand officer
Kevin Newell replaces Steve Easterbrook, who left last year to become president of McDonald’s Europe.
December 20, 2010
Restaurant revamps speed up as operators compete for customer interest
In the not-so-distant past, restaurateurs remodeled operations about every 10 to 15 years. But in today’s hyper-competitive business climate, updates happen not only in a fraction of that time, but they’re often perpetual.

December 10, 2010
Huddle House names Mark Whittle chief development officer
Appointee formerly vice president of real estate for Focus Brands
November 22, 2010
Case study: Domino's Pizza compensation strategy

Editor’s note: This is part of the 2010 NRN and HVS salary study, “Just rewards,” from the Nov. 22 issue of Nation’s Restaurant News. To see the full report, available to subscribers only, go to NRN.com’s Special Reports page. Excerpts, including this case study and data on the most underpaid and overpaid CEOs, as well as the methodology behind the study, are available to all NRN.com readers.

November 19, 2010
Subway: Lessons learned while undercover
Development exec Don Fertman discusses appearance on 'Undercover Boss'
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.

October 20, 2010
Bob Evans CFO Tod Spornhauer resigns
Chief risk and compliance officer Richard Green to serve as interim CFO
October 4, 2010
Wingstop's 3Q same-store sales rise
Same-store sales up 1.9 percent in the quarter and 1.7 percent year-to-date
October 3, 2010
Familiarity breeds content as customers seek comfort, value from menus
When it comes to food and drink, familiarity is the name of the menu game, say a group of culinary trend trackers asked about what items are luring today’s consumers to eat out.

September 16, 2010
CiCi's Pizza appoints execs for franchising, marketing roles
Company also plans to add 500 outlets over the next five to six years
August 24, 2010
McDonald's names Easterbrook chief brand officer
Appointee currently leads the company's U.K. and Northern Europe divisions.
August 10, 2010
Reports, lawsuit implicate Taco Bell in salmonella outbreak
Chain would not comment on allegations, but asserted food is safe.
July 27, 2010
Custard player Ritter's adds frozen yogurt
New menu line a response to changing consumer tastes, chains says.
July 12, 2010
Road to opportunity
Conventional wisdom says a vehicle loses most of its value the second it’s driven off the lot, but don’t tell that to the growing list of restaurant chains that are merging their established brands with the white-hot food truck phenomenon.

July 12, 2010
Touring the Gulf: Florida
An exclusive NRN video series examining the effects of the Gulf Coast oil spill on restaurants.
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