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Restaurant Performance Index Dips Slightly, but Still Tops 100

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 05, 2012

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...

Marketing

Restaurants use Twitter to drive post-holiday spending

 By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 03, 2014

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.

Latest restaurant business snapshot: Flat sales, eroding traffic

Jun. 05, 2014

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

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Customers turn stupid

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 14, 2014

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

Smart & Final foodservice sales up in Florida,down in California as restructuring continues

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 30, 2001

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...

PFG Reports Lower-than-expected Earnings while Sales Increase

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 22, 2004

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...

Foodservice Packaging Industry Upbeat about 2005

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 22, 2005

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

Financing

Finding great wines at a good price

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 13, 2007

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

Silver Linings in an Economic Storm

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 01, 2008

Yes, customer habits are changing. But some operators are changing along with them—and reaping rewards.Leave it to America’s restaurants to find the...

Study: At Risk Restaurants to Put Bigger Squeeze on Suppliers

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 06, 2009

The survey of 110 chain restaurants showed U.S. restaurants are four times more likely to fail than they were a year ago, and as many as 40 percent may face...

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