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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.

High tech buyer's guide

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 07, 2007

High tech stuff you can use right now to ease your workforce woes.

Prank at the drive thru

By Sam Smith on Jan. 01, 2012

A drive-thru attendant’s job is fairly simple: take orders, make change, pour drinks, double check orders, be the face of the brand for an instant. Now cell phone cameras are adding another responsibility: straight man for the amateur prankster.

The week’s head-spinning moments: Expanded strained relations edition

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 21, 2014

A loud note of disharmony could be heard within the restaurant industry this week, particularly among its Italian combatants.

Consumer Trends

The consumer carryout craze

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 17, 2017

Consumer preferences show that operators need to be in the game.

Technology

Operators dial up digital ordering

Sponsored content from our partner Comcast Business on Aug. 30, 2017

Restaurants are focusing on digital platforms that make it convenient to order and pay for takeout with a tablet, smartphone or voice-controlled personal assistant and skip the line at pickup.

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