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CHICAGO Nightwood in Chicago, where a custom rotisserie laden with chickens, rabbits or pork racks turns over a live fire at dinner, attracting patrons to the seven-month-old upscale restaurant in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood. ...
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, ever since launching his partnership with Gaithersburg, Md.-based Sodexo USA in 2006, has made good on his game plan to grow Sodexo-Magic, the contract foodservice business they operate together. The former L.A. Laker was...
CHICAGO —For a growing number of restaurant operators, the blast chiller is a vital tool for swiftly cooling cooked foods below the temperatures at which microbes flourish, helping prevent foodborne...
The foodservice industry spent 2009 slogging through the worst economy in living memory, facing customers whose most frugal moods in previous years seemed downright extravagant compared with their attitude over the past 12 months. Consequently...
As foodservice operators struggled to find a glimmer of light at the end of our long recessionary tunnel, lawmakers in 2009 grappled with a list of vital legislative issues, a number of which could have long-term ramifications for the industry...
For the first time ever, celebrity chef Tyler Florence plans to open his own restaurant. In fact he says he’s opening three restaurants—two in the San Francisco area and one in Napa, Calif. He’s also in the process of expanding his line of retail...
INDIANAPOLIS The Steak n Shake Co. became the restaurant industry’s most expensive stock listing on Monday after the company executed a 1-for-20 reverse stock split that left shares closing at $293.00 each. Prior to the reverse split, Steak n...
HOUSTON Luby’s Inc., operator of 96 cafeterias and a contract feeding division serving 15 sites, said last week that consumer confidence and spending is not likely to improve next year, leading to continued softness in restaurant sales and a net...
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association applauded “key improvements” in the Senate health care reform package on Monday, particularly several business-friendly provisions that it says will help protect jobs and small businesses. Senators...
The newest piece of creative for Pretzelmaker is a four-minute music video starring an unsigned musician, a 16-year-old hip-hop artist named Goofy Boi. There’s no way a commercial that long could hold a viewer’s attention or be cost...