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Getting the most out of your dessert buy

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 12, 2006

Despite America’s obsession with dieting, fat and calories, restaurant customers haven’t stopped ordering dessert.

Entrepreneurs of the month: Nathaniel Ru, Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 01, 2010

In 2007 these new graduates of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, tired of spending money for lunch at local fast food joints, saw an opportunity for a sustainable, healthy, fast-casual option.

Technology

It's a go for Hash House's app

By Joann Whitcher on Feb. 06, 2013

Last October, Hash House A Go Go—known for its “twisted farm food”—launched a free smartphone app, part of an integrated marketing strategy that leverages the concept’s Facebook and Twitter platforms, while delivering menu, specials and location information.

Technology

Wendy’s takes ordering next-level

By Sara Rush Wirth on Apr. 01, 2015

As a one-upmanship to the ordering capabilities Taco Bell and Chick-fil-A added to their mobile apps last quarter, Wendy’s is testing a beacon-based version of its app.

Technology

When an 800-pound gorilla delivers

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 05, 2017

McDonald's revealed last week that the benefits of delivery and new technology run deeper than its financial results suggest. Here's a look at some of the results that hold deep implication—for the industry, and for any concept looking to take the same path.

Many happy returns

By Bill Main on Jun. 27, 2001

Lately, I've been asked how to handle guests who take advantage of the old (and quite frankly, outdated) saying that "The Customer is Always Right."

Green grows

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 15, 2006

Environmental concerns will exert a bigger force in food processing and packaging as players in the supply chain strive to become more energy-efficient and eco-friendly.

Financing

What’s percolating?

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Oct. 01, 2010

Specialty coffee purveyors keep raising the bar in terms of quality and innovation.

Seamless and GrubHub Announce Merger

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 20, 2013

CHICAGO and NEW YORK (May 20, 2013 - PRNewswire)—Seamless North America LLC and GrubHub Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge two...

Playing with fire

By Patricia Cobe on May 01, 2015

Plano, Texas-based Romacorp, parent to Tony Roma’s, is taking the millennial courtship a step further with an entirely new sister concept—TR Fire Grill—tailored to the in-demand group.

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