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Alaina Lancaster

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Alaina Lancaster

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It's a wrap for this McDonald's menu item

McDonald’s has removed wraps from U.S. menus. The item is the latest casualty in a trend of menu trimming to bolster service and sales that started in December of 2014.

Workforce

An Obamacare checkup

After more than a year since the Affordable Care Act became enforced, it’s time for an assessment of the weird pain points and miraculous recoveries.

Workforce

3 unexpected hurdles of the Affordable Care Act

Here are some surprising cons restaurateurs have been reporting to Angelo Amador, the NRA’s senior VP of labor and workforce policy and regulatory counsel.

TGI Fridays rolls out new lunch program

Feeling the pressure from fast casuals, TGI Fridays said it’s on a mission to land more lunch business.

Consumer Trends

4 consumer trends you should know about right now

Millennials aren’t the only trend drivers.

5 concepts that were the talk of the Restaurant Leadership Conference

Rare is the restaurant executive who’s not also an avid concept scout, constantly searching (and talking about) chain upstarts with exceptional growth potential. Here are some of the ventures that were the talk of attendees at last week’s Restaurant Leadership Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., one of the nation’s leading concept incubators.

Food

3 trendlettes we’re watching for April

Low-cost indulgences by the big burger chains, the next steps in customization, and turning cabbage—the pickled type—into the green type.

3 emerging trends that could break the restaurant mold

Hosts are taking a techy edge, shrinking wine lists to seem less daunting and testing out concepts without jumping in full-force. Here’s a look at some of those trends.

Open kitchens draw eyes to equipment

As menu transparency increasingly becomes a key access point to customers’ stomachs and wallets, restaurants are externalizing demand in open-kitchen design.

Beverage

7 drink trends hitting today's bars

The biggest trends succeed at the apex of craveability and profitability. These examples show how operators stir up that perfect storm through beverages.

Subway fans cry out for a return of the $5 Footlong

Although the deal is just a memory, fans will never forget that painfully catchy jingle—try as they might.

Marketing

How to score revenue when the local sports team fumbles

Here's how sports-centric restaurants boost restaurant sales when the local team is falling flat.

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