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What's your beef?

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 29, 2010

It’s a tough time for meat lovers. Top quality beef is scarcer and very expensive and cash-strapped customers are trading down from steak and chops to burgers.

Guest editor: Julia Stewart

By Sam Smith on Feb. 01, 2011

The issue of Restaurant Business you are holding is very similar and very different from past copies. It’s still got great content. But for this month, we decided to give up some control. But not to just anybody.

Operations

Down the hatch

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 01, 2011

Drinks—whether potent or soft, cold or hot—hold some of the biggest profit potential for any operation. The newest beverage dispensing systems aim to serve drinks faster, more profitably and at just the right temperature for peak flavor.

Surfing safari

By Bill Main on Nov. 10, 1999

Ready for a little surfing adventure? It's time for an internet scavenger hunt! Your challenge is to go in search of the following foodservice-related information and resources.

Domino’s founder, Miami’s ex-coach grab spatulas

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 27, 2011

Add two legendary names to the list of players looking to capitalize on the burger boom: Domino's founder Tom Monaghan, and NFL-coach-turned-steakhouse-mogul Don Shula.

Social peanuts

By Bill Main on May 30, 2001

A coconut shell, roasted peanuts and a string... for centuries these simple items have been used by some native Africans to trap monkeys using a simple strategy.

Sysco Buys Out Norman Foods

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 20, 2012

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (January 20, 2011)—Norman Foods, a home-grown, family-run company that has operated a food-distribution service in Battle Creek, Mich...

Does not compute

By Bill Main on May 30, 2002

Early the early days of point of sale systems, the choice of which system to choose was easy to make. There simply weren't many options. But today things are much different, and choosing a POS system is a huge and important task.

Marketing

How Culver's uses social media to connect with customers

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on May 30, 2012

Culver’s, a quick-service burger chain that started in Sauk City, Wis. and now has 451 restaurants in 19 states, married its “Welcome to Delicious” story across traditional and social media.

Cover story part 2: Rooms to let

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 01, 2003

As though the food business weren't hard enough, some restaurateurs are opting to be innkeepers, too.

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