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Chipotle closes 43 units following E.coli outbreak

Twenty-two people have been sickened in total, including 17 who had eaten at one of Chipotle’s outlets in Oregon or Washington.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Never say never

Developments that seemed improbable a short while ago were reclassified this week as distinct possibilities. And that includes the chance of seeing more In-N-Outs in cosmopolitan centers.

Year after year, Tim Edwards, a partner at two-unit Florida casual concept Fudpucker's (not to be confused with burger chain Fuddruckers), watched as his insurance costs took huge bites out of the company's profits.

These joints take the hamburger to a new level.

Jeff Harvey’s formula for innovation goes something like this: Enthusiasm plus ownership equals creativity and a willingness to take on challenges. Since he’s been at the helm of Burgerville, the 39-unit chain based in Vancouver, Washington, he’s proven the formula time and again, most notably with a seasonal, gourmet LTO program that hit its stride this year and saw the company improve its new product introduction time from 12 months to 6 weeks—and helped keep sales from declining in the down economy.

CHICAGO (December 6, 2011)—The U.S. restaurant industry entered 2011 hopeful after ending 2010 with two consecutive quarters of one percent traffic...

Table-side potty training. Plant-based McDonald’s. The anti-breastaurant. Kenny G., and more, in this installment of the Week in Ideas.

Those strange wind patterns across the nation in early July? It was the collective sigh of relief from the industry as the employer mandate portion of health care reform was delayed a year.

“What’s on tap?” no longer is a question only beer-loving customers ask, as restaurant operators realize they can make their concepts buzzworthy and more efficient by adding unexpected beverages to the bar tap.

The $120,000 that Tom Barnett raised by selling the Corvette and a Rolex watch will be doled out as bonuses, according to media reports.

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