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Financing

Tax reform has restaurants confident heading into 2018

But companies at the ICR Conference reveal the industry’s conflicting challenges regarding sales.

Financing

Buffalo Wild Wings, Arby's look to buy more restaurants

With their $2.9 billion merger closed, the two brands created Inspire Brands as a growth vehicle.

Despite companywide same-store sales growth, the steakhouse chain calls its Bubba’s 33 spinoff "a work in progress."

The sector closed more units than it opened last year, according to Technomic, after a decade of weak sales.

Vistar Corp., Denver, has appointed Tom McGonagle senior vice president and cfo. Prior to joining Vistar, McGonagle held a number of senior posts within the...

The CAGNY conference will be held in Scottsdale, AZ, and Sysco will present at 4:50 p.m. (MST) on that day. The live webcast can be accessed at www.sysco.com...

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Marco’s Pizza, of Toledo, Ohio, is a chain with 195 units and big plans. In the teeth of the recession, same-store sales climbed 3.2 percent in the first quarter. It has contracts to open 50 stores this year and 80 the next. The only missing ingredient is capital.

The fortunes of the restaurant industry and the economy as a whole have improved since the dog days of 2009, but it's been a roller coaster ride to get there, attendees learned at this week's Restaurant Leadership Conference.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday pushed the state Legislature to approve an increase in the state minimum wage “whenever it first can be done,” a request that comes as labor advocates and some elected officials encourage Gov. Andrew Cuomo to call a special legislative session before the year’s end.

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