Even as the economy continues to produce dour news, restaurant executives are starting to seek the silver lining, using the downturn to best position their brands for the inevitable return to more prosperous times.In February, reports that...
Foodservice industry experts are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to step up its food safety efforts after federal inspection regulations were flouted at a California meat processing plant last month, resulting in the largest beef...
The Foodservice Institute of America, based in Pleasantville, N.J., is a nearly two-year-old nonprofit organization with a mission to improve communication and collaboration across the foodservice industry—between operators, chefs, suppliers...
CANTON Mass. Dunkin’ Donuts has signed a deal to become the exclusive advertiser on sports and news programs created by Internet company Yahoo! Inc. “Yahoo! Sports Minute,” a daily summary of sports stories, is already available to users at...
Leading bakery-cafe brands are capitalizing on the breakfast boom by adding protein items to morning menus while researching new afternoon snacks, with both those efforts following the segment leader’s failed dinner-daypart foray.The menu...
WASHINGTON Cracker Barrel Old Country Store chain against a former restaurant manager who is invoking a 142-year-old civil rights law. —The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments in a...
If you’re a regular reader of Nation’s Restaurant News, you probably know that moves are afoot in parts of the United States to require the posting of calorie counts on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants. This magazine has covered it a lot...
PHOENIX —Amid rising utility and commodity costs and dipping consumer spending, restaurateurs and suppliers attending the Chain Operators Exchange 2008 here Feb. 24-27 were looking for opportunities...
MIAMI Burger King is kicking off what some observers term its post-turnaround era after recently unveiling growth strategies and new products aimed at maintaining the 11,395-unit chain’s current positive momentum. ...
Nation’s Restaurant News has launched NRNJobPlate.com, a comprehensive, easy-to-use careers website exclusively for the foodservice industry. Currently featuring some 3,000 available jobs, ranging from chef to unit...
