THE PANELMODERATOR:RICHARD MARTIN, executive editor, Nation’s Restaurant News, New York PARTICIPANTS:LARRY BENSON, vice president of sales, NextChoice, Portsmouth, N.H. KAREN BIRD, vice president of restaurant information...
December’s warm weather provided a breath of fresh air for casual dinnerhouse chains, according to weekly Knapp-Track data. Estimated comparable-restaurant sales at dinnerhouse chains rose 0.8 percent in December, compared with a 2.4-percent gain...
In the run-up to the high chocolate holy day of Valentine’s, the consumer market for chocolate-based eateries, pastry shops, kiosks and coffee cafes has grown sweeter with each passing day.Chocolate Bar, a tiny shop in New York City, will add a...
Despite all the attention focused on Americans’ expanding waistlines, dieting among U.S. adults is at an all-time low—a befuddling reality for operators trying to serve up more healthful fare.According to new data from the NPD Group, a Port...
Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp., the San Diego-based parent of the Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes restaurant concepts, has always offered health benefits to its full-time employees.But last year the parent company of nearly 100 salad-buffet units...
LONDON —In the wake of a compensation controversy, contract giant Compass Group PLC, based here, alerted shareholders that pay packages for top executives would be tied more closely in the future to corporate performance. The policy...
