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December 7, 2011
Warm specialty drinks heat up bar business
Bartenders put twists on the classics, like hot buttered rum and hot toddies
August 22, 2011
John Kunkel
Having Words With: John Kunkel, founder and chief executive, Lime Fresh Mexican Grill
August 8, 2011
Frozen cocktails cool down a hot summer
Restaurant and bar operators are freezing cocktail concoctions in new forms
August 3, 2011
Versatile Flatbreads Please Today’s Food-Savvy Customers
Few food items in the restaurant kitchen work as hard or please as many patrons as flatbreads.
July 11, 2011
Menus make the grade
We take a look at the biggest sales drivers in college and university foodservice.
June 20, 2011
Burger King, Pizza Hut make good on NBA wager
BK exec works at Pizza Hut after Miami Heat loses to Dallas Mavericks
June 9, 2011
Pizza Hut, BK heat up NBA rivalry
Leaders at chains bet on basketball finals
May 30, 2011
Culinary cocktails
Take a look at the cocktails that people are drinking these days, and you’ll likely be reminded of what they’re eating.

May 16, 2011
Operators owning the night
Chains are staying up late to rack up sales and cachet.
April 11, 2011
Baja Fresh CEO’s big gift after ‘Undercover Boss’
David Kim awards franchise restaurant to general manager
March 14, 2011
Operators Reach for Flatbreads Across Dayparts and Menu Categories
The sight of a flatbread on the menu stirs pleasant anticipation and few preconceived notions in customers. Couple that with the innate versatility of the item and it is clear why restaurant operators use them as blank canvases for culinary creativity in a variety of dayparts and meal occasions.
March 4, 2011
The next Chipotle?
Emerging fast-casual players aim for success by emulating the burrito brand
February 21, 2011
Managers in some smaller markets see larger salary increases
Even as the recession battered the U.S. economy over the past several years, multiunit restaurant managers and general managers in some smaller markets were enjoying double-digit-percentage pay hikes, according to a survey by the Chain Restaurant Compensation Association, or CRCA, and the Hay Group, a human resources consulting firm. 

February 21, 2011
Managers in some smaller markets see larger salary increases
Even as the recession battered the U.S. economy over the past several years, multiunit restaurant managers and general managers in some smaller markets were enjoying double-digit-percentage pay hikes, according to a survey by the Chain Restaurant Compensation Association, or CRCA, and the Hay Group, a human resources consulting firm. 

February 7, 2011
Master sommeliers suggest wines for pork
Members of the Court of Master Sommeliers, offer up both wine suggestions to go with pork
February 7, 2011
Seven strategies for success in the next decade

When the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, 2011, more than a new period, quarter or year began. A new decade — already significantly different than the last — unfurled.
January 25, 2011
Restaurant deals rose in 2010
Prices paid for restaurants also increased, BizBuySell.com says
December 7, 2010
True Food Kitchen teams with wellness author
Kent Walker talks about the healthful concept's mission
December 6, 2010
True Food Kitchen teams with wellness author 
to sell food with healthful halo

True Food Kitchen bases its appeal on good-for-you food without an in-your-face health message.


The 2-year-old creation of Arizona’s Fox Restaurant Concepts and best-selling wellness author Dr. Andrew Weil opened its third unit in Scottsdale, Ariz., Nov. 15, and plans a fourth in Austin, Texas, early next year. The company is eyeing locations on the East Coast, as well.


VIDEO: Kent Walker, general manager for True Food Kitchen, talks about the concept's mission

November 8, 2010
Restaurants, bars putting canned beer back on the menu
A growing number of operators are aiming to change the perception of beer in cans.
October 29, 2010
Prices paid for restaurant businesses slip
Online marketplace BizBuySell.com details latest trends for buyers, sellers
October 25, 2010
Restaurants cook up tailgate favorites for football fans
This is a special message from Johnsonville.
October 25, 2010
SPIRIT Awards honor top employers


Proving that it’s all about the people you hire, train and keep, four foodservice companies were honored with 2010 SPIRIT Awards at the 51st annual MUFSO conference this month.


Sponsored by The Coca-Cola Co. and presented by Nation’s Restaurant News and the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, or NRAEF, the SPIRIT Awards honor companies with innovative policies and practices designed to improve employee recruitment, satisfaction, retention and performance.


October 3, 2010
Video introductions help job seekers stand out
Video introductions are gaining a foothold in restaurant recruiting practices as computer webcams, inexpensive video cameras and digital cameras become more popular.
September 19, 2010
On the menu: Ellerbe Fine Foods
When two Louisiana 
natives teamed up a 
little more than a year ago to create Ellerbe Fine Foods in an old gas station in Fort Worth, Texas, they weren’t expecting to gain national attention.

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