economy

Interviewing candidates in a buyer's market

Preparation is the key to selecting the candidate who will best meet today’s needs and tomorrow’s strategic opportunities. Ultimately, you want to surround yourself with passionate employees who provide the best products and services for your customers and maximize profits for your business. So in the interviewing process, you want to be on the lookout for people who have the right combination of “can do” and “will do.”

Consumer Trends

Snacking goes global

America has become a snacking culture. People now eat before, between and after meals. What’s more, snacking is and will continue to grow as a global exploration of taste, as today’s younger consumers are more interested in globalized flavors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 29, 2012/PRNewswire via COMTEX) -- The outlook for the restaurant industry remained positive for the months ahead, as the May National...

When it snows, it, well, snows. Coming off a less-than-robust holiday season, restaurants in much of the country are battling heavy snowfall and bitter-cold temperatures, which keep could consumers at home. But that’s not a given.

Don’t expect the industrywide decline in restaurant traffic to be reversed anytime soon, according to new data and analysis from Black Box Intelligence.

The customer isn't always right. Sometimes the consumer isn’t even sane, as events of the past week attest.

JULY 30, 2001?Smart & Final, Inc., Los Angeles, has reported foodservice distribution sales up 2.9 percent to $98 million in its second quarter ended June...

RICHMOND, VA - Performance Food Group Com. (Nasdaq:PFGC) announced that it expects earnings for the fourth quarter of 2003 to be in the range of $0.24 to...

Their sentiments were also echoed by their European colleagues as well as North American raw material and machinery suppliers.The Foodservice & Packaging...

Building a winning wine list may be the beverage director’s hardest job.

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