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As restaurant chains continue their never-ending battle to send marketing messages more effectively to targeted consumers and make it easier for them to buy products, online “widgets” are emerging as the next weapon of choice. Pizza Hut...
Hundreds of salmonella infections in recent months in nearly half the nation’s states, linked to consumption of raw tomatoes, again underscored the perils of fresh produce and the threat to restaurants posed by health agencies’ recurrent inability...
So, you say you want to work for a star chef. You’ve dined in all of his restaurants and watched him on the Food Network. You’ve bought all of her cookbooks and tried to reproduce the recipes at home. You’ve seen their branded products...
The adage that “employees don’t quit jobs, they quit managers” proves itself time and again in exit interviews, said Christin Myers, director for reducing turnover at Creative Restaurant Solutions, an Exton, Pa.-based consulting firm.Founded 11...
DALLAS Aurora, a fine-dining restaurant here, has reformatted its menu to emphasize local ingredients and lower prices by more than a third. The new menu at the 56-seat restaurant was created “to reflect the new times,” said chef-owner...
HARTFORD Conn. Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto of a 35-cent increase in Connecticut’s hourly minimum wage was overridden Monday by just one vote each in the state House and Senate. Lawmakers also later overrode the governor's veto of another bill that...
BOSTON Todd English has partnered with Sam Hazen, former chef-operator of the upscale Tao restaurants in New York and Las Vegas, to create concepts and culinary developments for Todd English Enterprises, the celebrity chef’s restaurant company. ...
ORLANDO Fla. Jumping on the reality television bandwagon, Red Lobster will begin featuring the winning entree from a cable network cooking contest at its 680 North American units, starting Monday. White Chocolate Macadamia Crusted Tilapia...
CONSHOHOCKEN Pa. Saladworks has partnered with celebrity chef David Burke to create a special salad for its Signature Series program, said officials from the 95-unit fast-casual chain. Burke's Chicken Asparagusto salad will be available...
