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The week’s 5 head-spinning moments

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 24, 2014

Fast casual’s latest theft, quality really is king, servers learn to love tech, fuggedabout New York’s new political slap and a growth demon picks up the pace.

Off-premise separates restaurant sales stars from also-rans

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 02, 2016

Recent earnings reports show a correlation between positive comp sales and customers eating outside of restaurants, but not all brands are convinced.

Operations

Chipotle rethinks its disdain for fast food

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 26, 2017

The burrito chain is showing a change of heart with such moves as trying a drive-thru.

Watch your step!

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 07, 2005

Encouraged by a strong economy, restaurant chains are growing with confident—if somewhat conservative—steps.

25 smart menu moves

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 05, 2007

Menu items have to work hard for a living. They must fit with the concept. Sound and taste good. Make money, of course.

The week in ideas, November 18, 2011

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 18, 2011

A week of goodbyes at WII: goodbye to IHOP’s waitstaff (at least some of them). Goodbye to Starbuck’s bathrooms (at least some of them). Goodbye to goodwill between restaurants and food trucks (at least in Buffalo). And goodbye to sane customers (at least with this one guy).

Financing

Greening takeout: Moving past plastic and polystyrene

By Amanda Kooser on Mar. 04, 2014

With bans on plastic bags and polystyrene containers sweeping the country, we've looked at eco-friendly packaging options for restaurant operators.

4 surprises behind Olive Garden’s big quarter

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 21, 2016

Executives attributed the gains to innovations on several fronts.

Marketing

Restaurants take on the meal kit boom

By Lisa White on Aug. 15, 2017

Operators are offering their own versions of meal kits, serving up bundled family meals that often have an off-premise bent.

What's so special about echo boomers?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 04, 2005

Some call them Millennials, others Generation Y. Most often, they're known as the Echo Boomers. The offspring of the Baby Boom generation, they form the next big wave rolling down America's demographic curve. Born between 1977 and 1995, they number at least 25 million more than Gen X (or the Baby Bust), the cohort that came of age in the 1980s and 1990s.

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