Distributor Develops Mobile Produce Shop
LANDOVER, MD (July 26, 2012)—Keany Produce Co. sends its Gateway to Gourmet mobile produce department truck on the road to existing and potential...
Pizza steps up
Is “better pizza” following in the footsteps of “better burgers” as the next fast-casual star? Some industry veterans are betting on it, including...
More and more chefs are blogging. They blog about everything from restaurant openings to new dishes, the flavor of a farmstead cheese or the culinary high point of a trip. Free online tools like Blogger, Wordpress and Typepad make it relatively easy to set up a blog, add photos, recipes and forums and share plenty of savory tidbits.
Four years ago, a Mama Fu’s restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina, developed a better kids’ menu than the slightly exotic fare the Pan-Asian concept restaurant chain offered at the time. The new Dragon Tails (chicken tenders with macaroni and cheese) and Ninja Noodles (teriyaki chicken with noodles) were a smash hit, and soon became a staple at all 13 Mama Fu’s units. “That was one of the bigger franchisee ideas that helped our brand,” says Randy Murphy, president of Texas-based Mama Fu’s. “It really helped us become more of a family-friendly restaurant.”