One way to survive this troubled economy is to lower the price of premium products, say some chefs and restaurant marketers who report surging sales of tender beef cuts such as prime rib, strip steaks and filets. That proposition has become a bit...
Sharon McKennie never wanted to be a chef. But in 1997, when her Uncle Mac decided to open MacArthur’s, a Southern-style restaurant in Chicago, she abandoned her dream of becoming a nurse and joined the team. Twelve years later...
Chef Chris Rendell makes a salad dressing by pounding finely sliced cilantro stems with salt into a paste with a mortar and pestle. He adds garlic, Thai bird chiles, lime juice, fish sauce and sugar.Separately, he combines quartered cherry...
BOSTON Most of the largest chains in the restaurant industry say 2010 commodity costs are likely to remain flat from 2009 levels, or rise only slightly, according to a new report from restaurant securities analyst Jeff Farmer at Jefferies & Co...
WASHINGTON Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. is recalling 5,522 pounds of beef tongues and J.F. O'Neill Packing Co. is recalling 33,000 pounds of tongues because tonsils may not have been completely removed in keeping with federal rules intended to...
ANN ARBOR Mich. Starting Monday, Domino’s Pizza is offering large one-topping pizzas with extra cheese for $5.99 each, for carryout only, in a weeklong promotion the company is calling National Customer Appreciation Week. To promote the event...
SHEBOYGAN Wis. —After 31 years with The Vollrath Co. LLC, president and chief executive Tom Belot resigned at the end of August. Belot has been succeeded by Paul Bartelt, Vollrath’s former chief operating officer. The company...
Restaurant employers across the country are being warned to prepare for significantly higher unemployment insurance tax rates next year as joblessness grows and state benefit funds are depleted.In some states, such as Hawaii, rates are already set...
Mom-and-pop falafel counters are well-loved in big cities. Yet no one has succeeded in taking Mediterranean cuisine to a mass audience. But Leo Timatyos is aiming to change that with his ChickPita Fresh Mediterranean Grill, a fast...
MAITLAND Fla. Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q has plunged into the world of social media and networking with memberships at, and new activities tied to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, officials said.The 128-unit, Maitland-based family-dining...
