economy

Restaurants Resist Price Hikes to Keep Cost-Conscious Consumers Loyal

The restaurant industry has taken quite a beating over the past several years as cost-conscious, recession-weary consumers pulled back on dining out. Now, after regaining some steam as the economy improves, restaurateurs face another challenge, this time from Mother Nature.

How to avoid being ice-axed by the polar vortex

There’s no denying that it has been a bone-chilling winter. With fuel costs rising as the temperature plummets, restaurants are seeing spikes in utility costs. See some tips on managing your heating and energy spending to reduce the weather damage to your bottom line.

On Monday, the governor unveiled the online map, which is a follow-up to the popular Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail that continues to serve as a publicity tool for the state.

McDonald’s domestic comparable-store sales for February fell 4 percent year-over-year, underscoring “the urgent need to evolve with today’s consumers, reset strategic priorities and restore business momentum,” the franchisor said today in an unusually reflective statement.

Front page news tends to be gloomy, but especially so when the economy is wobbly or our foreign relationships are on the rocks. Instability of any kind creates divisions within communities and countries.

Often the recorder of lunch-time business plans, cute girls' phone numbers and Warhol-worthy doodles, the cocktail napkins can take on additional duties as a service tool.

The facility will create approximately 500 news jobs in the process, the company said.Following an extensive review of sites throughout the states of...

“The health of the industry overall remains positive,” Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of Research and Information Services for the National...

Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, Fazoli’s currently has 260 units in 30 states from Florida to California and Wisconsin to Texas. Somerset will...

To achieve certification, USF has improved solid waste reduction, re-use and recycling, energy efficiency, purchasing and packaging, and employee education...

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