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The week in ideas, August 5, 2011

Diversified protects whistleblowers. Zagats collects some bad names. Hooters goes after fantasy football fans. And we ask, what exactly is going on in Hartford, Connecticut?

PMA Foundation Names Emerging Leaders

NEWARK, DE (April 16, 2012)—Embracing a future characterized by strong leadership and business success, the PMA Foundation for Industry Talent held its...

SAN DIEGO, CA (March 12, 2013)—Harvest Meat Company, Inc. acquired some Randall Farms distribution assets from Randall Foods, Inc. Terms of the deal were...

New offerings range from the interesting and stealable, to the out there and way out there.

I mean this literally. Go in the kitchen. Look in the garbage cans. I guarantee you'll find real money in your 50 gallon garbage cans—also known as the "black hole" of food cost.

Want to beat the big guys in this game? You’d better find the right corner—or in-line or end-cap. “Of all the decisions a new restaurant owner will make, the biggest is real estate,” says Steve Greene, COO of Camille’s Sidewalk Café in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Restaurants traditionally rely on chicken and turkey to be menu profit makers. Usually in good supply and always a good buy in relation to other proteins,...

In this down economy, some restaurants have taken their eye off beverage while trying to survive. That’s a big, possibly fatal, mistake.

CHICAGO (August 24, 2011 - The Packer)—Sales of fresh sliced apples increased 33% in the past five years. The category garnered about $122 million in sales...

At first glance, Bill Flagg and Michael Farello seem to have little in common.

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