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The Dream Team: Behind-the-scenes players that make a restaurant unique
In today’s hyper-competitive restaurant world, some of the most influential players are not in the front- or back-of-the-house.
The six dollar burger
A purposely misnamed burger has become the most successful new product introduction ever for CKE Restaurants' two hamburger chains.
Healthier choices, more local produce and rising menu prices are just a few of the trends restaurants are expecting to see in 2013, according to Restaurant.com, a site that offers discounts to diners. The popular site recently polled 106 fast-casual, QSR and full-service restaurants across the country to find out what’s on operators’ radar in 2013.
It’s a little-known rule of physics: Put a group of restaurant leaders in a room and you’ll get an unvarnished picture of the business. Pull almost 1,800 of them together, as we did at the Restaurant Leadership Conference, and you quickly learn what they see as the opportunities and challenges, the hype and the real successes.