Nation’s Restaurant News teams up with Datassential and its Firefly data platform to present a look at the restaurant landscape that tracks the performance of the largest 500 chains.
The restaurant industry will face the good, the bad and the ugly in the year ahead.The good: By nearly all accounts from restaurant operators, industry observers and economic pundits, 2010 will be better than 2009.The bad: Last year was one of the...
While pundits generally agree that not much of any real substance gets accomplished in Washington, D.C., during an election year, many are forecasting that 2010 will be an unusually busy 12 months for lawmakers.The epic battle on Capitol Hill over...
Even with signs pointing toward a gradual economic recovery in 2010, industry observers say real estate remains a hurdle that cash-strapped operators still must clear.At the same time, though, retail vacancies persist and landlords are looking to...
The restaurant industry will face the good, the bad and the ugly in the year ahead.The good: By nearly all accounts from restaurant operators, industry observers and economic pundits, 2010 will be better than 2009.The bad: Last year was one of the...
Even with signs pointing toward a gradual economic recovery in 2010, industry observers say real estate remains a hurdle that cash-strapped operators still must clear.At the same time, though, retail vacancies persist and landlords are looking to...
While pundits generally agree that not much of any real substance gets accomplished in Washington, D.C., during an election year, many are forecasting that 2010 will be an unusually busy 12 months for lawmakers...
• Christian “Hitch” Albin, executive chef of The Four Seasons restaurant in New York for decades, died June 13 at the age of 62. He had been diagnosed with cancer. • Norman Brinker, the casual-dining pioneer who...
• A comparison study of restaurant technologies found that consumers felt table-side displays of virtual menus with nutritional information to be the most valuable, followed by pagers for table management, hand-held point-of-sale...
IFMA GOLD & SILVER PLATESally Smith, president and chief executive of Buffalo Wild Wings, earned the 2009 Gold Plate Award, presented by the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association. The honor, which recognizes excellence in the...
