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Great ideas? Not these

In a magazine issue packed with big ideas, it’s only fitting we pause and salute the real stinkers—the notions that were somehow greenlighted instead of prompting hushed comments about the originator seeming so normal otherwise.

Buying Equipment: Expensive or Cheap?

Whether you’re talking about a combi-steam oven or a water goblet, most pieces of foodservice equipment are available in a wide price range.

Unexpected developments abounded in the restaurant business, from a surge in popularity of hurling hatchets to new revelations about how much some restaurants pay.

You think you know them. But selling to men takes just as much skill as reaching any other group. Here’s what you need to do.

In the recent Harris Poll reputation survey, the chain came in last among restaurants rated, says RB's The Bottom Line.

Some breathing room on paying those bills. Superior Anhausner Foods Los AngelesAccounts: 1,000 in southern California2007 sales: $80 million Ever since the...

Frequent diner and loyalty programs are smart ways to reward repeat customers and give less frequent visitors a reason to come back more often. Your loyalty program becomes a pillar of your marketing campaign.

According to HubSpot, small businesses that blog get 55% more site traffic. Start a blog to showcase your culinary creations to would-be diners. It's an...

The issue of Restaurant Business you are holding is very similar and very different from past copies. It’s still got great content. But for this month, we decided to give up some control. But not to just anybody.

A new consumer-behavior study refutes many of the criticisms routinely leveled by restaurateurs at daily-deal services like Groupon and Living Social.

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