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Food trucks roll into RLC

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 04, 2011

Food trucks fill the streets and parking lots of New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin and Portland, Ore. Los Angeles alone counts 9,000 food trucks and carts, including branded vehicles from California Pizza Kitchen and Carl’s Jr. Yet when Ray Villaman, moderator of a trucks panel at the Restaurant Leadership Conference, asked who in the audience has or plans to launch a food truck, only a few hands were raised.

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A sea of technology

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 01, 2012

This executive chef keeps guests entertained with fish apps that put sustainability info at the user’s fingertips.

Festive feasts

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 12, 2012

Foodservice operators always look to impress, but during the winter holiday season the stakes are even higher, as chefs seek innovative methods to help...

Six trends that had pulses quickening at the RLC

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 02, 2014

Two days into a think tank for 1,200 restaurant executives, a half-dozen currents hijacked the discussions.

Taco Bell's app stunt sees success

Oct. 31, 2014

Its decision to "go dark" on its social media channels to promote the rollout of its new mobile app resulted in some success, Adweek reports. The company says 75 percent of all stores had processed a mobile order 24 hours after the launch.

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New Uber of foodservice taps home cook talent

By Sara Rush Wirth on Sep. 28, 2016

Counting Danny Meyer as an investor, Umi Kitchen cracks the delivery-only restaurant code for using amateur cooks.

How to build buzz

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 04, 2006

It's the hottest, well, buzzword in marketing. Buzz. Everybody wants it. Not everybody has it. And to get it, best you forget the old lingo of media buys, bump rates and drive times and get hip to the "influencers," "viral marketers," "bloggers" and "blasters" who are driving things today.

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