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How your restaurant sales and profits compare to competitors' and what you can do to improve financial performance

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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.

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Buying organic & sustainable

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 23, 2008

While the USDA has established identity standards for organic labeling, there are no clear guidelines for sustainable products.

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Enticement: Sweetening the pot

By Steve Brooks on Feb. 01, 2011

What most cutting-edge franchise services have in common is that they cut the cost of opening a store.

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PE dealmakers to discuss what opens their checkbooks

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 26, 2011

Hands-on dealmakers will discuss current restaurant-company valuations and the next wave of private-equity acquisitions during a keynote presentation at the 2012 Restaurant Leadership Conference.

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Spring's in full swing

By Patricia Cobe on May 01, 2012

With flowers blooming and vegetables sprouting in colder climes as early as March this year, chefs in the Midwest and Northeast were able to get a head start on spring menus.

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Commodity update

Oct. 20, 2011

Certain agricultural products are staples in your restaurant kitchen. Commodities like meat, nuts, dairy foods, potatoes and other types of produce show up regularly on your order list. Here’s a brief overview of how these ingredients are trending, gleaned from information provided by the commodity boards that serve the growers, ranchers and farmers of these products.

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Analyze this: The cost of counting calories

By Amanda Baltazar on Sep. 02, 2014

How do you fit hefty menu analyses that can stretch over hundreds of SKUs into the budget?

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A look back—and forward—at The Future 50

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 17, 2015

Restaurant Business Magazine asked Technomic's Executive Vice President Darren Tristano to comment on what trends The Future 50 chains reveal.

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Cleaning debate: In-house or outsource

By Lisa Arnett on Feb. 16, 2016

Which choice is the right one for an operation? It depends on whom you ask.

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Partnering smart for delivery

By Jackson Lewis on Feb. 14, 2017

With the growing number of options available—and the pressure to add delivery mounting—preparation for a delivery partnership is key. That means asking questions.

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