sales

Restaurant Performance Index Reaches 11-Month Low

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 31, 2011

WASHINGTON D.C. (August 31, 2011)—The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) fell below 100 in July, as the nation’s debt...

Consumer Trends

Weather put a big chill in northeast sales

Nov. 11, 2011

The area’s freakish weather contributed to a 4.4 percent year-over-year decline in sales and a 5.9 percent drop in traffic for restaurants open at least a year.

Financing

Good news & bad news on food costs

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 01, 2012

Wholesale food costs will ease significantly for restaurants this year, but operators will still feel a pinch on margins because of customers’ resistance to pass-along increases in menu prices, according to the National Restaurant Association.

The Week in Franchising, April 13, 2012

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 13, 2012

Recent developments of interest to franchisees and franchisors.

Leadership

Franchisee of the Month: Mario Contreras

By Dana Tanyeri on Jul. 01, 2012

Venezuelan native Mario Contreras, 32, heads up his own multi-national company, Elbardi International Management, a Charley’s Grilled Subs franchise.

Consumer Trends

Liquid assets

Sep. 14, 2012

Call it the “drinking man’s diet.” This year, more patrons are visiting restaurants just to order beverages, according to a new report by The NPD Group. While customers are cutting back on their food ordering throughout the day, they’re finding more opportunities to drink.

Sysco Launches Multi-Platform Marketing Relationship With The Food Network, "Restaurant: Impossible" and Chef Robert Irvine

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 18, 2013

HOUSTON (January 18, 2013 - Globe Newswire)—Sysco, North America's largest foodservice distribution company, announced a multi-platform marketing...

Small plates from the first day of the Restaurant Leadership Conference

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 23, 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.

Consumers Make Healthy Choices at Restaurants by Cutting Out or Down

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 11, 2013

CHICAGO (June 11, 2013)—Consumers’ first line of defense in healthy consumption when they eat out is cutting an item out or cutting down on an order,...

Southern comfort

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 07, 2001

What do Chicken in a Pot, Macaroni and Cheese, Spiced Pumpkin Cookies, and Chocolate Pudding have in common? They're all comfort foods. What do Chicken in a...

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