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Eat this package

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 20, 2013

A Harvard bioengineer named David Edwards invented edible packaging called WikiCells that can enclose any food or beverage “like a grape skin."

12 ideas swiped from other industries

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 09, 2016

It’s no secret the four main food channels—restaurants, supermarkets, on-site foodservice facilities and c-stores—are looking more alike by the day. But there are still ideas unique to each for bolstering traffic and sales. Here, we present 12 tactics that could translate from one sector to the next.

Subway starts a new chapter

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 17, 2017

The world's largest restaurant chain intends to freshen its image with a new design, operational changes and menu tweaks. Here's a preview.

Consumer insights: Buy and cell

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 14, 2005

Some restaurateurs ban cell phones, while others allow them. But how does the public feel?

David Zebny's non-chain chain Z Square

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 10, 2007

David Zebny, the man behind Z Square, may have discovered an underserved niche between the bakery-cafes (read: Panera) and the casual dinnerhouses (Applebee’s, et al).

Millennials The "It" Generation for Foodservice

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 06, 2011

CHICAGO (September 6, 2011)—Millennials account for over 13 billion of the 59 billion visits made to foodservice establishments in 2010 and spent $73...