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Consumer Trends

Weather put a big chill in northeast sales

Nov. 11, 2011

The area’s freakish weather contributed to a 4.4 percent year-over-year decline in sales and a 5.9 percent drop in traffic for restaurants open at least a year.

Financing

Pruning landscaping costs

By Amanda Kooser on May 07, 2014

A beautiful, inviting exterior invites customers inside. Just don’t get hosed by the upkeep. Here's how to prune landscaping costs.

Dunkin’ Donuts to remove whitening additive from powdered sugar

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 05, 2015

The decision ends what could be the industry’s first dispute with environmentalists over “nanomaterials.”

Operations

4 restaurant fights raging unnoticed

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 12, 2017

A union goes after a small restaurant chain, Tim Hortons franchisees head to court, Starbucks battles monsters, and two of the industry's best-known chefs draw spatulas—some of the business's most intense struggles have somehow dodged notice. Until now.

Consumer Trends

The rewards of engaging in corporate social responsibility

Sep. 13, 2010

Every business, regardless of size, should acknowledge its responsibility to the community as a whole. By doing so, you also attract the more socially conscious customer. According to American Express Market Brief, restaurant patrons are most concerned about working conditions and wages for employees and environmental issues.

Consumer Trends

Study finds support for organics, not their prices

Apr. 15, 2013

Consumers are showing more interest in doing what’s right for the environment—as long as it doesn’t cost them more.

Top 10 restaurant trends from this year’s NRA Show

By Sara Rush Wirth on May 21, 2014

Find out which 10 restaurant trends we kept encountering in our journey through the National Restaurant Association’s annual convention in Chicago.

California: New mandatory water conservation rules for lawns, hotels, restaurants

Mar. 19, 2015

New mandatory conservation rules will require restaurants to hold off from providing water unless it is requested by the guest.

Fish & Trips

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 01, 2001

The aftershocks of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York didn't just hit operators who had to deal with empty tables and canceled reservations.

Some new-concept buzz from the show

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2011

If discussions at the NRA show are any indication, concept development is revving up again.

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