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- Local sourcing tops chefs’ trend picks for 2014
  
  Higher-priced options driving adult beverage sales, study finds
- Consumer Trends
  Consumer trends, insights and innovations for your marketing strategy
- Industry Trends
  Restaurant business challenges and solutions
- Legislation and Regulatory Watch
  News and analysis of the laws and rules affecting the restaurant businesses
- Mean Cuisine
  Kelly Killian mines recent research for insights on dining trends
- Restaurant Reality Check
  News and Peter Romeo’s views on the business behind the restaurant business
Boosting Sales
- Domino’s today, by the numbers
  
  The Future 50 2013
- Best and Worst Places to Open a Restaurant
  The best places to open your next restaurant
- Growth
  Tips and tricks for growing your restaurant business
- Reputation Tracker
  Measure the success of your social media efforts
- Sales Success Stories
  How competitors are boosting their sales
- Social Media Marketing
  Successful social media marketing campaigns and tricks
- The Future 50
  Restaurant Business Magazine's annual ranking of the fastest growing small chains in America.
Improving Operations
- Meet the chef Q&A: Erik Van Kley
  
  TV ready
- 50 Great Ideas
  Restaurent Business Magazine's top 50 Great Ideas we've seen from the restaurent industry
- Advice Guy
  An industry expert answers questions on improving restaurant operations
- I Recommend
  What your peers are excited about now
- Ideas
  Inspiration for running your restaurant business better
Controlling Costs
- Gear up for less in 2014
  
  Buying time
- Commodities Prices
  Where food costs are heading
- Food Cost Outlook
  Analysis of the trends in commodity costs
- Managing This Line Item
  How to save money and manage specific line items in your budget
- Purchasing
  Helpful articles on purchasing for your business
- Restaurant Equipment
  New restaurant equipment and back-of-the-house technology
- Restaurant Technology
  The latest news and trends in restaurant technology
Menu Development
- Bringing Bison Back
  
  Biscuit sandwich revolution
- Clean Plate Awards
  Top chefs share their favorite restaurant dishes of the year
- Clean Plates & Empty Glasses
  Spotting and sampling trends in food and drink with Pat Cobe
- Consumer Media Highlights
  A quick digest of restaurant news from the consumer media
- Cool Restaurant Menus
  Inspirational restaurant menu designs and ideas
- Culinary Trends
  Hot food trends shaping the restaurant industry
- Recipedia
  Restaurant recipes that fit restaurant business trends
Economic Issues
- Early forecast for 2014: Eh.
  
  Restaurant industry c. 2020? Deja vu.
- Economic News
  How economic trends will affect your business
- The Economy and Restaurants
  Restaurant Business analyzes economic trends and the restaurant industry
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- RBTV
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- Restaurant Industry Center
  Company profiles from the Restaurant Industry

Business Trends
- Local sourcing tops chefs’ trend picks for 2014
  
  Higher-priced options driving adult beverage sales, study finds
- Consumer Trends
  Consumer trends, insights and innovations for your marketing strategy
- Industry Trends
  Restaurant business challenges and solutions
- Legislation and Regulatory Watch
  News and analysis of the laws and rules affecting the restaurant businesses
- Mean Cuisine
  Kelly Killian mines recent research for insights on dining trends
- Restaurant Reality Check
  News and Peter Romeo’s views on the business behind the restaurant business
Boosting Sales
- Domino’s today, by the numbers
  
  The Future 50 2013
- Best and Worst Places to Open a Restaurant
  The best places to open your next restaurant
- Growth
  Tips and tricks for growing your restaurant business
- Reputation Tracker
  Measure the success of your social media efforts
- Sales Success Stories
  How competitors are boosting their sales
- Social Media Marketing
  Successful social media marketing campaigns and tricks
- The Future 50
  Restaurant Business Magazine's annual ranking of the fastest growing small chains in America.
Improving Operations
- Meet the chef Q&A: Erik Van Kley
  
  TV ready
- 50 Great Ideas
  Restaurent Business Magazine's top 50 Great Ideas we've seen from the restaurent industry
- Advice Guy
  An industry expert answers questions on improving restaurant operations
- I Recommend
  What your peers are excited about now
- Ideas
  Inspiration for running your restaurant business better
Controlling Costs
- Gear up for less in 2014
  
  Buying time
- Commodities Prices
  Where food costs are heading
- Food Cost Outlook
  Analysis of the trends in commodity costs
- Managing This Line Item
  How to save money and manage specific line items in your budget
- Purchasing
  Helpful articles on purchasing for your business
- Restaurant Equipment
  New restaurant equipment and back-of-the-house technology
- Restaurant Technology
  The latest news and trends in restaurant technology
Menu Development
- Bringing Bison Back
  
  Biscuit sandwich revolution
- Clean Plate Awards
  Top chefs share their favorite restaurant dishes of the year
- Clean Plates & Empty Glasses
  Spotting and sampling trends in food and drink with Pat Cobe
- Consumer Media Highlights
  A quick digest of restaurant news from the consumer media
- Cool Restaurant Menus
  Inspirational restaurant menu designs and ideas
- Culinary Trends
  Hot food trends shaping the restaurant industry
- Recipedia
  Restaurant recipes that fit restaurant business trends
Economic Issues
- Early forecast for 2014: Eh.
  
  Restaurant industry c. 2020? Deja vu.
- Economic News
  How economic trends will affect your business
- The Economy and Restaurants
  Restaurant Business analyzes economic trends and the restaurant industry
Sponsored Content
- Featured Content
  Featured content from our Sponsors
- Franchisees
- RBTV
  Restaurant-related videos, tutorials and video recipes
- Restaurant Industry Center
  Company profiles from the Restaurant Industry

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Monday, December 9, 2013

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Reputation Tracker

Restaurants generating the biggest swing in social media sentiment this week. View More

Brands	Trend	+ Sentiment	- Sentiment	SP Score
Dairy Queen	↓ -8%	62%	38%	27
Firehouse	↓ -21%	75%	25%	49
Landry's	↓ -7%	74%	26%	55
Del Frisco's	↓ -3%	84%	16%	62

SP Score = Propensity of a reviewer to return to a concept or recommend it to other consumers.

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Last Updated on 12-2-2013

Reputation Tracker is a partnership between Restaurant Business and newBrandAnalytics, a provider of insights into current and future restaurant customer behavior, as reflected in brand-specific social media comments. newBrandAnalytics gathers comments on restaurant brands from virtually all social media, as well as blogs, and analyzes the data to gauge how the volumes of positive and negative comments have changed from a week earlier. A proprietary capability enables nBA to calculate a Social Promoter Score, or how likely consumers are to revisit a concept or recommend it to others.

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Menu Development

Bringing Bison Back

Bison Burger

Bison promoters like entrepreneur and rancher Ted Turner...

Biscuit sandwich revolution12/05/2013

Perfect pairings for octopus salad12/03/2013

Delighting in dynamic duos12/01/2013

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Controlling Costs

Commodities Prices

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Economic Issues

Fed’s new Beige Book: 5 takeaways about the Western U.S. economy

Government’s latest gauge of economic activity pegs the growth as '...

Holiday parties are back and they come in many sizes12/08/2013

‘Big Soda’ set to outspend foes over tax12/08/2013

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Business TrendsView All

Local sourcing tops chefs’ trend picks for 2014

Sara Rush, Associate Editor

Published in Restaurant Business newsletter

Local sourcing will be the dominant influence on restaurant menus next year, according to an NRA survey of chefs. See what other trends ranked highest.

Improving OperationsView All

Meet the chef Q&A: Erik Van Kley

Published in Menu Strategies

Like its sibling restaurant Le Pigeon, Little Bird Bistro in Portland, Ore., is a playground for adventurous palates.

Restaurant Reality CheckView All

Sleeper stories of the week

Peter Romeo, Vice President & Editorial Director

Some of the industry’s most interesting developments weren’t the big headline-grabbers. But any savvy restaurateur wouldn’t want to miss these developments.

Mean CuisineView All

A graceful exit

Kelly Killian, Executive Editor

As "Breakfast Queen" Ina Pinkey prepares to retire and close her iconic Chicago restaurant this month, she shares some parting views on women in the industry, owning a restaurant and the future of her brand.

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