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Alaina Lancaster

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Alaina Lancaster

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Chicago approves paid sick leave

Chicago restaurants will soon have to offer paid sick leave under an ordinance unanimously approved by the Chicago City Council Wednesday.

Financing

4 secrets behind the sales of Top 500 brands

We reached out to a few Top 500 list climbers and found that many of their success stories started with data-driven risks and a thorough grasp of their key consumers.

Pizza Hut's fast-casual play

While some established chains are broaching fast casual with entirely new concepts, Pizza Hut is trying a different tack. It debuted a fast-casual prototype.

Marketing

Restaurants are the new office space

Professionals can work from anywhere these days, including your restaurant. And they're willing to pay for the privilege.

Marketing

3 trendlettes we’re watching for June

Three major U.S. restaurant chains are giving their social media and loyalty programs a twist. Will those changes be brilliant, or a bust?

Food

Making sense of the wackiest food at the NRA Show

One intrepid Restaurant Business editor eats her way through eccentric fare at the National Restaurant Association Show.

Marketing

How restaurants are marketing the beauty benefits of their food

At a time where beauty bloggers rule the world—or, at least YouTube—some restaurants are finding success marketing the aesthetic benefits of ingredients.

Fridays modernizes to engage with millennials

A new TGI Fridays in Corpus Christi, Texas, is ditching the dark wood, red stripes and kitsch—as well as the TGI—to capture a different crowd and daypart.

RB goes to the movies

Want to procrastinate, but still feel like you’re adding a feather to your industry cap? Check out these must-see documentaries that bring you inside some of the world’s most groundbreaking kitchens.

Food

3 trendlettes we’re watching for May

Staying afloat as rents rise and consumers demand ever fresher ingredients requires some creative MacGyvering. Check out these restaurant hacks that address the times.

Starbucks plans to bring Reserve coffee and unique design to Chicago

Starbucks’ new Chicago location might bring the chain’s Reserve coffees and a new design to one of the city’s hot restaurant areas.

Starbucks pulls back plans for boozy units in San Francisco

The chain rescinded San Francisco liquor license applications after opposition from police and surrounding restaurants.

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