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Foodservice May Be Seeing Some Light at the End of the Tunnel, Reports NPD

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 14, 2010

CHICAGO (April 13, 2010 - BUSINESS WIRE)—Signals are emerging that the restaurant industry is poised for a turn toward recovery, according to The NPD...

Consumer Trends

Restaurant industry outlook softened

Aug. 25, 2010

The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) fell below 100 in May, 2010 for the first time in three months. The RPI is a monthly composite index that tracks the health and outlook for the industry, including measures of same-store sales, traffic, capital expenditures and labor.

Marketing grand slams

By Dana Tanyeri on Oct. 29, 2010

Standout food and service are great, but not necessarily enough to ensure survival, let alone growth, in this environment. Last rites have been read the past couple of years to plenty of restaurants that did a good job of providing both.

You Are Your Business

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 16, 2011

Jay Siff, Founder and CEO of Moving Targets, is committed to helping you make more money. With his 18+ years in retailing and 18+ years in direct marketing,...

U.S. Restaurant Counts Down by 9,450 from 2010

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 09, 2011

CHICAGO (August 9, 2011)—U.S. restaurant unit counts declined by 2 percent, or a loss of 9,450 restaurants, based on the most recent restaurant census...

Consumer Trends

Pizza profits during tough times

Mar. 01, 2012

While not exactly rolling in dough, the pizza category is experiencing modest growth, according to a 2011 report from Mintel. Pizza is affordable, convenient and a canvas for variety—three favorable factors in today's challenging economy.

Food

From bait to plate

By Joann Whitcher on Mar. 01, 2013

This past October, during the height of the season, chef Barton Seaver, a National Geographic fellow and leading advocate for sustainable fishing practices, purchased what he thought was Maryland blue crab from one of his favorite seafood suppliers.

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New breaches raise data security concerns

By Sara Rush Wirth on Feb. 24, 2014

Approximately 110 million customers' credit card or personal information was hijacked in the Target data breach that occurred this past holiday season

Fro-yo’s freeze out

By Kelly Killian on Jul. 15, 2014

Four years after multiple frozen-yogurt concepts landed in our Future 50's top 10, the list is down to one. Has the fro-yo craze reached its cold, swirly peak?

This week’s 10 head-spinning moments: They said what?

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 24, 2015

Major chains delivered some surprises in their meetings this week with Wall Street representatives. Here’s a roundup.

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