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New government economic data pointing to additional erosion in consumers’ discretionary spending and more inflation in operating costs could prompt further fine-tuning of menu strategies and commodity outlooks by restaurant operators.While many...
BOSTON —Just like the guy in that old song, John S. Pepper left his heart in San Francisco back in the mid-1990s, after falling hard for the Mission District taqueria scene. Now...
With word that Gourmet magazine recently co-hosted with a leading American brewer a five-course beer-pairing luncheon in their private dining room at the Condé Nast Building in New York, there is no longer any question: The beer dinner has come of...
The cucumber, while rarely a center-stage star on menus, has still become an essential player in a wide range of dishes including cold soups, classic tea sandwiches, German salads and Japanese maki rolls.Japonica in New York uses cucumbers as...
ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants veteran Doug Doran confirmed Monday that he has left Group Four Restaurants, the development company he joined last December after working for the Red Lobster parent for 11 years. Doran said he left Group...
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Steak n Shake's chief marketing officer, Steven Schiller, has left the company, a corporate receptionist confirmed on Monday. Schiller is the latest executive to depart the beleaguered 491-unit family-dining chain, following the...
SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. has tweaked the recipes of its hot breakfast sandwiches to improve their quality and minimize their scent, but company officials would not say whether the menu items would be eliminated entirely when new food offerings are...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declared domestically grown jalapeno and serrano peppers safe to eat, and said Friday that contaminated peppers from Mexico are likely responsible for the salmonella outbreak that has sickened 1...
PORTLAND Ore. Portland may become the next metropolitan area to adopt a menu-labeling requirement if the Multnomah County Commission approves a mandate proposed there. The commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on a proposal to require...
