Independent Restaurants

What to do when employees commit credit card fraud

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on Nov. 19, 2015

What steps can a restaurant take after finding out an employee has been stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in falsified tips via credit card?

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What to do if shooting starts in your restaurant

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 21, 2016

Here are some of the more basic recommendations from the New York City Police Department.

Food

New trend in menus: Celebrating chefs' whims

By Lizzy Freier on May 02, 2016

Listings intended to indulge chefs' moods at the moment, a Japanese tradition, are appearing in a broad range of restaurants.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: And our eyes are popping, too

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 16, 2016

Our heads have been rotated before by restaurant developments. But we really felt the neck strain this week.

Financing

Top 100 concepts that have closed

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 12, 2016

Even the indies holding strong on our current Top 100 ranking are feeling battered, showing that no operator can rest on their laurels in today’s tumultuous times.

Consumer Trends

Salt peppers more menu descriptions

Aug. 31, 2011

Despite the efforts of health authorities to moderate salt intake, the mention of salt on restaurant menus has increased 144 percent in the last five years, according to new research from Technomic.

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