Restaurant sales growth is sluggish these days, but research company Technomic expects sales of prepared food in supermarkets to grow by 7 percent this year.As the eating public becomes more price-sensitive and supermarkets improve the food they...
CHARLOTTE N.C. —Chefs from an array of chains learned about the growing popularity of mojitos, the increasing challenge from prepared supermarket food, the importance of choosing the right flour and much more at the seventh annual...
Despite slowdowns in customer traffic, lower tips, and higher prices for food and gas, restaurant workers have not decreased their contributions to company-sponsored employee relief funds, though some chains see more staff requests for financial...
LOUISVILLE Ky. —Despite the commodity inflation that has challenged dough- and bread-centered restaurant concepts, six-unit Calistoga Bakery Cafe has attracted the backing of pizza chain mogul John...
The best-selling appetizer at Restaurant Guy Savoy in Las Vegas is a $68 artichoke and black truffle soup. And that’s not the most expensive starter. Hamachi carpaccio, with golden osetra caviar, cauliflower and lemon sabayon sells for...
If anyone has found a silver lining in the ongoing restaurant industry slowdown with its twin scourges of rising costs and sluggish traffic, it’s supermarkets, which have seen increased interest in their continually improving prepared foods. In...
After founding Papa John’s Pizza in 1984 and leading the chain to more than 3,000 units in 10 countries, John Schnatter stepped away from day-to-day restaurant operations in 2006 to explore philanthropic activities and real estate...
Areport on the state of the casual-dining business published late last summer by Cleveland Research Co. paints a gloomy picture of the already battered segment’s immediate future.Citing such challenging fundamentals as extreme margin pressures...
Twenty years ago The Popcorn Report predicted work-weary Americans would someday begin “cocooning,” huddling at home with family for quiet meals and entertainment. And amid the gloom of the recession, that prophecy has proven true, but not...
Acouple of centuries ago, lobster was considered a food for the poor in North America, fed to slaves and servants. Thirty years ago, monkfish was a junk fish, to be thrown back if caught, or perhaps used for animal feed.Both of those sea creatures...
