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Want to beat the big guys in this game? You’d better find the right corner—or in-line or end-cap. “Of all the decisions a new restaurant owner will...

How do you share best practices across a chain and cut the need for management to be a problem solver? Get franchisees to share ideas in a secure, Web-based intranet community. Know many owners who'd gladly post their monthly P&L on the Web for peer review? Didn't think so.

Disposables' growth will be fueled by rising disposable personal income levels and increased spending on food eaten or prepared away from home, the...

That's how Bob Goldin, Chicago-based Technomic's executive vice president, described the exercise that should include not only manufacturers and distributors...

The projected annual sales would mean a 5.1% increase over 2005 and a total economic impact of more than $1.3 trillion, the NRA said. It will be the first...

Buying soup. How hard can it be? Hopefully easier with a little help from us.

Some call them Millennials, others Generation Y. Most often, they're known as the Echo Boomers. The offspring of the Baby Boom generation, they form the next big wave rolling down America's demographic curve. Born between 1977 and 1995, they number at least 25 million more than Gen X (or the Baby Bust), the cohort that came of age in the 1980s and 1990s.

Hear that echo in the distance? They're coming. They're a stampede of new consumers, 75 million strong, and they're unlike any herd that's ever hit your...

Perceptive distributorships have positioned themselves to take advantage of not only the takeout trend that has been spurred by national chains but also the...

Casual dining’s trailblazers must branch out to compete with a slew of new competitors.