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OAK BROOK Ill. —Video may have killed the radio star, as the song goes, but reality TV killed—or at least seriously maimed—the music video, relegating the art form to only a few hours in the middle...
It’s always good to report on companies that are doing things right, especially in a prolonged downturn like the one we are in. Foodservice distributors who are “doing things right” can be judged by peers or by sales performance. I have the...
Two recent studies showing that menu-labeling initiatives and fast-food bans do not appear to be doing their intended jobs of improving eating habits—especially of lower-income people—are sparking discussion that more comprehensive programs are...
BREA Calif. —Former PepsiCo executive Christopher Furman has been named president and chief executive of Ventura Foods LLC, the edible-oil-based company based here. Furman succeeds Rick Mazer, who is retiring. —Former...
There are now three Shake Shacks in New York City and another on the way. The upscale quick-service concept is owned and operated by the Union Square Hospitality Group, or USHG, of which restaurant impresario Danny Meyer is chief executive. The...
One of the casualties of the current, long-running economic malaise has been foreign travel. Over the past decade, the number of Americans venturing abroad had escalated steadily, driven at least in part by culinary tourism, or our desire to visit...
Dennis Riese, president and chief executive of multibrand foodservice company The Riese Organization, recently talked about business in New York City, where he franchises such concepts as Tim Hortons, KFC, Pizza Hut and T.G.I...
My wife and I recently moved from New York City to the suburbs of Long Island, where both of us spent our formative years. While I was sad to leave the food capital of the world, the experience of actually moving turned us into possibly the...