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Fishing For Answers

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 07, 2007

Americans are finally getting on board and heeding nutrition recommendations to eat more seafood. Recent figures from the National Fisheries Institute...

CDC Names Top Causes of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 12, 2009

The report, based on investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks provides the most recent report of how many illnesses were linked to specific types of...

Sides move center

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 04, 2011

Several culinary trends have converged to push pasta and rice out of the sidelines and into the limelight. For one, there’s the explosion of Asian, Latin...

Creating a farm-to-table menu

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 31, 2012

Menu change is never an easy task. Transforming the menu for a flagship restaurant at the CIA was a learning experience I will not soon forget.

Is Dollar Menu distance to blame for McDonald’s slump?

Jun. 10, 2014

The burger chain recorded its seventh month without growth, blaming ongoing challenges. Among them: less traffic after it pared the items on its Dollar Menu last year.

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Subs go small

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 31, 2017

A fast casual downsizes its sandwiches to boost traffic.

Ross Kamens: Noodles & Co.

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 15, 2002

Ross Kamens' skiing buddies are mad at him. Ever since he became the executive chef of a chain aiming to grow to 315 locations in the next five years, he just doesn't have time for the slopes anymore.

Get your products custom

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 01, 2005

Not so long ago, only a restaurant chain with the heft of a McDonald's or an Applebee's or a Red Lobster could get a major food manufacturer to produce...

Winter Produce

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 07, 2007

As cold weather creeps in, domestically grown fruits and vegetables begin to dwindle.Don’t get left out in the coldWhile states like California, Arizona...

New Web Site Helps Operators Find Sustainable Seafood Suppliers

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 20, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Aug. 19) A new Web site, FishChoice.com , launched in early August with the goal of providing chefs and other commercial buyers a...

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