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Consumer Trends

What's most likely to spur consumer cravings?

 By Lizzy Freier on Jan. 25, 2018

Cooking demos and on-premise ads aren’t doing it for most diners, but these five things are.

Ideal menu prices & how to raise them

 By Peter Romeo on Jan. 27, 2014

New data pegs what restaurants ideally should charge, by daypart and market segment, to attract patrons in today’s economy.

Financing

Restaurants’ new reality: ‘tax-rate shopping’

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 21, 2014

Sharp differences in state and local sales taxes are prompting both consumers and businesses like restaurants to alter their shopping patterns.

Should managers be part of a tip pool?

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on May 08, 2014

Is it legally wrong to include salaried managers in a tip pool?

The week’s head-spinning moments: Chipotle insights, madness worries

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 13, 2014

Steve Ells shares Chipotle’s high-speed formula, Applebee’s joins Starbucks in making recharging news, possible food safety madness resurfaces and where experts say P.F. Chang’s customer data is for sale.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill

Jul. 14, 2014

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill is a full-service, upscale yet family-friendly eatery with a Rocky Mountain lodge theme.

Leadership

Going out on top

By Sara Rush Wirth on Sep. 08, 2014

Owner Doug Sohn is hanging up his apron (actually, it’s a t-shirt) this October after 14 years behind the counter.

Food

Fried chicken and ...

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 13, 2014

Chicken-and-biscuit and chicken-and-waffle combos appear on about 6% of menus nationwide. While growth was flat over the last year, it varies by region.

Consumer Trends

Stat of the month: women & alcohol

By Sara Rush Wirth on Nov. 10, 2014

Thirty percent of women spent more on alcohol in bars and restaurants last year, compared to 19 percent of the general population. And many are looking to operators for guidance, a prime marketing opportunity.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Damnedest things heard online

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 05, 2014

Online revelations abounded this week about Starbucks and other restaurant operators, providing an education to eavesdroppers.

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