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NRA Performance Index: Operators More Optimistic; Same-Store Sales and Traffic Improve

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 30, 2007

The NRA's Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) stood at 101.9 in March, up 1.1% since February and its strongest gain in 17 months, the association reported...

Affirmative action and diversity form

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 15, 2008

Report the diversity of your workforce to the feds (it's the law). Here's a boilerplate form that calls out all the information you need to supply.

The salad mix

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 01, 2008

The word salad, derived from the Latin word for salt, probably originated to describe a mixture of vegetables preserved through pickling, and enjoyed as part of the meal or to stimulate the appetite, much like today’s antipasto. In modern kitchens, chefs and operators favor salads for their low food and labor cost, ease of execution and broad acceptance among diners.

U.S. Foodservice-Phoenix and Teamsters Settle Labor Issues

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 26, 2009

The settlement relates to alleged supervisor conduct during and shortly after the union’s organizing campaign and representation election in August and...

RLC roundup: Rays of hope in industry forecasts

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 01, 2010

As the presentations flashed on the giant screen at CSP’s Restaurant Leadership Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, this April, stirrings of optimism rippled through the crowd of 1,000 attendees.

Consumer Trends

No scandals in restaurant pay, study suggests

Jul. 06, 2011

The public was ready to lynch some executives because of the humongous bonuses they earned last year on Wall Street. But Main Street should have few problems with the cash compensation of restaurant leaders, according to a new Technomic study.

Fast-casual restaurants add drive-thru service

By Joan M. Lang on Dec. 31, 2012

Established players in the fast-casual sector want to emulate QSRs in one critical area: stay-in-your-car convenience.

The week’s 5 head-spinning moments

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 24, 2014

Fast casual’s latest theft, quality really is king, servers learn to love tech, fuggedabout New York’s new political slap and a growth demon picks up the pace.

The week’s head-spinning moments: Chipotle insights, madness worries

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 13, 2014

Steve Ells shares Chipotle’s high-speed formula, Applebee’s joins Starbucks in making recharging news, possible food safety madness resurfaces and where experts say P.F. Chang’s customer data is for sale.

Workforce

3 trendlettes we’re watching

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 07, 2015

The beginning of the year brings an outpouring of predictions from industry watchers (including us; we did a whole series, including this one). Here are three that made few if any of those lists, yet are already looking like possible trends for 2015.

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