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John Y. Brown Jr. is in an animated phone conversation about a burgeoning business deal. Motioning his guest toward a sofa in his home office, he covers the mouthpiece and whispers loudly, “It’s Kenny Rogers. Gimmie just a minute.” That...
1NRA responds to Senate jobs billWASHINGTON—The National Restaurant Association applauded elements of the $15 billion jobs bill that passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 70 to 28. In a letter sent earlier to members of the Senate, the NRA said it...
There’s a farmer in New Jersey who grows remarkable heritage varieties of cranberries. Johanna Kolodny wants to reach her.The farmer doesn’t have e-mail, however, and her new cell phone doesn’t deliver voice messages. It just lets her know the...
A few days ago I discovered there is a stopwatch application on my computer, and on a whim I started timing how long it took me to finish various small tasks. Those included filling an ice tray, feeding my cats, and making a delivery order from a...
Check out what your customers are using to “check in.”Location-based social media, led by the buzz-generating platform Foursquare and the Gowalla application for Android-powered smart phones, as well as Urban Spoon and Twiddish, are “definitely...
Given a lending spigot that can’t be budged, restaurateurs are turning on the creativity when it comes to funding future growth.20-25% Required down payment for restaurateurs before loan considerations by most lendersSOURCE...
SAN DIEGO After getting feedback from customers, Jack in the Box said it is rolling out new French fries to its 2,200-unit chain. The San Diego-based burger chain said it has changed the way it makes fries by improving the crispness, temperature...
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s Corp. regained some of its same-store sales momentum in February, as its Olympic-theme promotions helped offset weather-related sales softness in the United States while the company’s international divisions continued to...
Remember when "health" and "diet" were considered dirty words in restaurants? When good-for-you foods were a few items hidden on a remote corner of the menu that consumers rarely ordered? Those days, it seems, are over. Today, health, or at least...
HOUSTON Luby’s contract foodservice division has opened a coffeehouse called What's Brewing in a downtown Houston office building. Luby's said the coffeehouse format would help it expand its contract foodservice business, which has...