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CHICAGO —The NRA Show may be celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, but the industry’s biggest trade event is hardly acting its age. From marketing its events on such hip social...
The dairy industry is in as bad a shape as the stock market, with product prices going from record highs in 2008 to rock bottom in early 2009. U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts show big double-digit percentage price declines on all products...
It’s a typical day in the life of Wolfgang Puck: The Austria-born culinary phenom is up to his lederhosen in the details of yet another restaurant opening in Los Angeles, home to his self-named company. He just learned that the opening...
When it comes to cooking, chef David Burke says he’s a “showoff.” But in Burke’s dining rooms his innovative dishes steal the show.The chef’s “angry lobster” with hot pepper sauce and claws facing up toward diners, for example, evokes a punk’s...
Despite the global economic melt-down, there are still opportunities to grow business abroad. But to tap those opportunities, operators need to find just the right value proposition, according to new data from The NPD Group.While deals and...
Lydia Bugatti’s career as a chef and restaurant owner began with an early love and appreciation of food and wine instilled by two grandmothers, one Italian and one Russian who grew up in Japan. The main lesson from this multi-ethnic influence is...
SHEBOYGAN Wis. —The Vollrath Co., Llc., the Sheboygan-based manufacturer of smallwares and equipment for the foodservice industry, said it has acquired Anvil America Inc. Anvil America, which...
The annual Leaky Bucket Report from Restaurant Marketing Group confirms that the trickle of customer defections from restaurants could intensify in this recession, and lack of value and poor service would ensure that guests jump ship.The online...
At Qdoba Mexican Grill, it’s healthy to go naked—but that’s not an invitation for customers to doff their garments. In Qdoba parlance, “naked” refers to menu items served without tortillas. Last year, Qdoba earned a “Smart Meal”...
John P. Gainor took over as president and chief executive of the 5,860-unit International Dairy Queen Inc. in Edina, Minn., last July, just as the economy started to head south. Since then, the food-and-treat company has launched...