In their difficult journey to uncover growth opportunities in this lending-challenged marketplace, restaurateurs are finding there is still plenty of room for them at the inn. Operators ranging from chain...
ANNAPOLIS Md. The Restaurant Association of Maryland cheered the recent repeal in the state's General Assembly of a law that would have imposed licensing fees for soda fountains on restaurants and retail...
As the economic storm continues to rip into business at fine-dining restaurants across the country, some operators are attempting to shore up sales by taking on the pervasive problem of no-shows.Frustrated by...
California Tortilla president Bob Phillips says his 37-unit fast-casual Mexican chain closed out the year with same-store sales down a couple of percentage points.It was, he notes, “a first” for his 14-year-old...
WASHINGTON In an effort to stimulate business in a time of shrinking expense accounts, The Palm Restaurant Group has introduced value-oriented lunch and dinner menus at all of its locations nationwide. The...
ANNAPOLIS Md. Doyle Niemann, a delegate in the Maryland General Assembly, agreed Thursday to withdraw his menu-labeling bill after it failed to draw much support from lawmakers. The Restaurant Association of Maryland...
WASHINGTON After 11 people became ill after eating raw oysters at a restaurant in Chattanooga, Tenn., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned foodservice operators and retailers to avoid selling oysters from...
WASHINGTON —One day after members of the powerful Service Employees International Union picketed briefly outside the National Restaurant Association’s headquarters here...
WASHINGTON Two industry associations hailed President Barack Obama's proposal to aid small businesses as an important initiative to help get the ailing economy back on track. Officials of the National...
WASHINGTON Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have reintroduced the Labeling Education and Nutrition Act, or LEAN Act, a federal measure that would mandate the posting of nutritional information at some chain...