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Is Lent a big event for operators?
Many Americans are beginning the 40-day period leading up to the Easter celebration. The rules for fasting can vary dramatically by which days and what types of food can be consumed. Some religious...
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Food Industry Vet Betting on Pie
A hospitality veteran is launching a new pie restaurant — with the hope of baking up a popular franchise. Ron Wolf, who founded the Georgia Restaurant Association, is opening up a new fast-casual...
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Technomic: Fresh Meal Purchases Slump
CHICAGO — Consumers are buying meals less frequently from supermarket foodservice operations than they were two years ago, according to Technomic’s latest research. Since this could mean that people...
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Fast-food chains revamp value menus
Wendy’s launched its first value menu in October 1989 — seven items ranging from a junior bacon cheeseburger to a garden side salad to a small Frosty, all priced at 99 cents. It was the first volley of...
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Pop-up Restaurants: One-Night-Only Dining in Orlando
Eric Hanke didn’t know what he’d be eating when he walked into the ClandesDine restaurant Saturday night. “That kind of mystery and mystique adds to the whole event,” said Hanke, 38, who went for a...
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Health Is Good Business For Restaurant Chains
Growth at fast-food and sit-down restaurant chains is coming primarily from offering lower-calorie chow and drinks, according to a study released today by the Hudson Institute that’s partly funded by...
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Retailers Need to Clearly Stand Out From Restaurants
CHICAGO — At the height of the economic downturn, many consumers flocked to convenience stores, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs and other retailers looking for a deal on prepared...
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Growing Taste for Mediterranean
Inside a refurbished two-story warehouse in Paterson’s down-at-the-heels Bunker Hill area, a homegrown company is riding the nation’s wave of enthusiasm for Mediterranean cuisine. Workers dressed in...
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Hot & Healthy; On the Menu: Chipotle Teaming Up with Oakland Tofu Company for...
It’s an unlikely union: tofu and Mexican fast food. But a restaurant chain known for burritos the size of footballs and nighttime crowds of college students has teamed up with a small Oakland tofu...
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American Regional Cuisines Make Their Way Across the Pond
The U.S. is home to numerous regional cuisines that are often thought of as “ethnic” by U.K. consumers. Among these are Creole, Tex-Mex and regional American barbecue—three American specialities that...
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Is the Cupcake Trend Over? Battle for “Share-of-Stomach” Heats Up!
Over the past decade, we have seen a shift in the frozen treat and snack category with many short-term category trends gaining steam and eventually showing unsustainable growth in the longer term....
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Focusing on Fresh Foods
The grab-and-go business is constantly evolving. Today’s customers not only want their foodservice fast, but they expect quality, consistency and healthy daypart options. Convenience store operators...
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NAPICS ’13: Is ‘Better Pizza’ the Next Fast Casual Category?
Pizza is rapidly moving toward a fast casual format, said Darren Tristano, executive vice president of market research firm Technomic, during his keynote address Sunday at the North American Pizza and...
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McLent? Fish Hits Fast Food Menus for Holidays
If you suspect there’s something fishy going on at your favorite fast-food joint, you’re probably right. The countdown to Easter is on, and that means everyone from McDonald’s to Quiznos is cashing in...
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Casual Dining Now on Resort Menus
The Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale recently opened a whimsical, comfort-food restaurant with a soda fountain, shuffleboard table and regional American specialties such as chicken-fried buffalo with...
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McDonald’s Cites Drop in Popularity for End of Walnut Salad
With new products in the wings, McDonald’s is trimming less popular items from its menu. The Oak Brook-based burger giant said Thursday that it plans to discontinue its fruit and walnut salad and...
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B.Good Ready to Grow
All-natural burger chain’s first franchise location is set to open in Shrewsbury, and dozens more are slated for New England over the next five years First conquer New England. Then the East Coast. And...
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Experts Warn of Impending Food Price Increases
The lingering effects of last summer’s drought — the largest in the U.S. since the 1950s — don’t appear to be dissipating any time soon. Quite the contrary, in fact, as many experts now warn of food...
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C-stores Shape Up Their Health & Wellness Offerings
NATIONAL REPORT — It’s no secret that convenience stores have received a bad junk food wrap. Even First Lady Michelle Obama criticized the channel for not having anything healthy to offer. But that...
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Hooters is chasing women — as customers
Hooters has always been known for tank top-wearing “girls.” Now, faced with declining sales, it’s wooing women — as customers. The chain’s waitresses are as buxom as ever but its sales have “flattened...
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