takeout

Heyday’s over

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 15, 2005

Casual dining’s trailblazers must branch out to compete with a slew of new competitors.

Marketing to Hispanics

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 07, 2007

Hispanics are still the hot demographic all right—but as families grow more diverse marketing to them can get a little tricky.

Restaurants to Serve 100 Million Americans this New Year's Weekend

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 14, 2011

WASHINGTON (December 14, 2011 - PRNewswire)—The National Restaurant Association estimates that 100 million Americans plan to celebrate the New Year by...

Consumer Trends

Gauging pizza customers’ behavior

By Sara Rush Wirth on Mar. 20, 2014

Despite the proliferation of entrants in the largely on-premise better-pizza market, 80 percent of consumers prefer their pizza for takeout or delivery, according to a survey conducted by the mystery-shopper firm A Closer Look.

Consumer Trends

Family meal deals

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 17, 2017

Women and millennials with children are particularly receptive to takeout, and touting bundled meals as an easy family dinner solution can help appeal to those groups.

Beverage

Alcohol delivery: Casual dining’s big opportunity?

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 24, 2017

With noticeable caution but high hopes, chains are seeing how they can include a bottle or six-pack with off-premise orders.

Financing

Be a smart soup buyer

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 11, 2005

Buying soup. How hard can it be? Hopefully easier with a little help from us.

Breakfast: A Bite of the Morning Meal

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 07, 2008

Concepts large and small are paying more attention to breakfast. There are even a few emerging chains—First Watch, Cereality and the Egg & I—dedicated...

The week in ideas, January 27, 2012

By Sam Smith on Jan. 27, 2012

A very cool idea this week from a startup service that both helps customers eat less and feeds the needy. McDonald’s Australia has an idea to surprise would-be Hamburglars. And in New York City the unthinkable happens: Chinese takeout… changes. It’s the first sign of the apocalypse in this installment of The Week in Ideas.

The week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Servers under siege

By Peter Romeo on May 09, 2014

Many industry savants see service as the area where restaurants can distinguish themselves. Then why are so many trying to cut server-customer interaction?

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