Even as the dreaded “R word”—recession—creeps into economic forecasts on the heels of last month’s negative reports citing declines in U.S. jobs, stifled consumer spending, still-shrinking home values and ever-tighter credit markets, many...
NEW HAVEN CONN. —As major cities nationwide consider similar plans, a new program here that issues identification cards to residents, including illegal immigrants, may confuse restaurateurs about...
Growing up on a farm in Abbott, Texas, country music super-star Willie Nelson didn’t know how fulfilling the taste of fresh, naturally produced vegetables was until he became a traveling balladeer.“We had organic food and didn’t know it,” Nelson...
SAN ANTONIO Activist investor and Western Sizzlin chairman Sardar Biglari criticized what he called Steak n Shake’s "failed vision, failed strategy, failed execution, and failed board" in a letter on Monday to the company’s shareholders. ...
COLUMBIA Md. Marcia S. Harris, president and chief executive of the Restaurant Association of Maryland, died Sept. 28. She was 67 years old. Harris, who joined the organization in 1986, steered it to become the largest membership-based...
“There are three basic things to remember relative to change: 1) face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it were, 2) change before you have to, and ...
ATLANTA —Employing a tactic that peers nationwide could readily borrow, an IHOP franchisee here has dramatically reduced worker turnover by using anonymous online surveys to find out what newly hired...
During a recent seminar attended by principals of the major foodservice consulting firms, a concern voiced repeatedly by all was the increase in seemingly arbitrary and overly challenging codes and regulations to build and equip foodservice...
Restaurateurs are learning to navigate the ever-changing and often-rocky landscape of health, nutrition and diet, a territory that might be called the internal ecosystem of the consumer.Operators who offer a wide array of menu items, marketing...
