TUCSON ARIZ. —Effective employee training not only generates a return on investment, but it reflects a company’s strategy and reinforces its culture, hospitality executives told attendees at the recent semiannual conference here of the...
ORLANDO FLA. Darden Restaurants Inc. and Rare Hospitality International Inc. generally is viewed as positioning both companies for revvedup growth, even as some observers expressed concern about the continuing sluggishness in the casual-dining...
NEW YORK —The Federal Reserve’s decision in mid-August to cut a key lending rate was welcome news for restaurant operators already battered by weeks of steep losses and subsequent recoveries in the financial markets. The Fed cut...
NEW ORLEANS —Almost exactly two years after Hurricane Katrina swept through Louisiana and Mississippi as one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, restaurant operators are still wading through the mess left in its...
When Michael Belben and David Eyre launched the world’s first gastropub in London in 1991, they never considered how—or if—the concept would play across the pond.The Eagle was simply a pub that offered good food, and while that wasn’t a new idea...
ATLANTA —The restaurant industry may have to rethink its sick-leave policies because the usual, current procedures pose a significant risk to public health, operators learned during a conference here...
