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Healthy Initiatives and Growing Population Groups Will Shape Restaurant Industry in 2012 and Beyond

CHICAGO (January 17, 2012)—Pressure to improve the healthfulness of kids meals and restaurant fare in general along with the influence of the growing...

Have Richard Melman's kids built the perfect Gen Y restaurants?

When R.J. and Jerrod Melman, sons of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises founder Richard Melman, were given the chance to create a restaurant of their own.

Millennials continue to exert influence on the world of beverages. They like their drinks on the sweet side and they like lots of choices. Suppliers have gotten the message and responded with specialty beverages aimed at that finicky demographic.

A disruption in shipments from West Africa could crimp supplies in the U.S. and trigger a spike in costs.

How do you give raises? Are you influenced by seniority? Is it survival of the cutest? Do you cave in to threats of quitting?

When Bill King's parents went out for dinner decades ago, they did something unusual for the time.

It’s not going to do you much good if you go broke outfitting the back of the house. But if you use a little creativity here, a little elbow grease there, you can have a first-rate kitchen with money to spare. Take a look at what these inventive operators did with a little money and a lot of ingenuity.

The deli category is a broad one—it covers all those cold cuts, cured sausage products, smoked meats, sliced cheeses and condiments that make up the bulk of your sandwiches, entree salads, antipasto plates and catering platters.

Butter, milk, cream and eggs are the ingredients that give many desserts their delicious flavor and richness. But these are the same commodities that have...

The lousy economy could mean good news for chains with cash to expand.

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