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Consumers Continue To Drink More Coffee And Tea

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 16, 2011

Despite the specialty coffee craze at limited-service restaurants, regular hot coffee still accounts for the highest level of reported consumption among...

Financing

Sourcing produce for fall menus

 By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 01, 2011

The current farm-to-fork mindset is changing the way restaurants buy produce.

Food

Pollo Campero feels the need to Americanize

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 04, 2011

Pollo Campero, the Guatemalan fried-chicken chain, is Americanizing its menu with the addition of such familiar choices as tacos, empanadas and panini.

Restaurants Poised to Raise Prices

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 28, 2011

(October 28, 2011)—Restaurants are poised to raise prices as Americans become accustomed to more expensive food at grocery stores. U.S. consumers paid 2.6...

Revamped Foodservice Offerings Play Role In Recreation Industry Recovery

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 31, 2011

CHICAGO (October 31, 2011 - PR Newswire)—It is rare for a 2.6 percent decrease in sales to be considered good news, but in the case of the recreation...

Michigan shippers search for ways to cut costs

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 21, 2011

(November 21, 2011 - The Packer)—With diesel fuel prices hovering near $4 a gallon, distributors are finding it hard to ignore the pinch. The national...

AGAR Receives Adversity Award From Family Business Association

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 30, 2011

TAUNTON, MA (November 30, 2011)—New England wholesale food distributor AGAR was recently awarded with the “Adversity Award” at the Family Business...

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Happier hour

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Dec. 01, 2011

Here’s a sampling of happy hour strategies that go beyond the usual.

Financing

Bertucci’s customer favorites spark 30th birthday specials

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 01, 2011

The Northborough, Massachusetts-based Bertucci’s, founded in 1981, is currently celebrating its 30th birthday with a limited-time menu that revisits comfort food classics.

Food

A nation of nibblers

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 01, 2012

More and more Americans are patronizing restaurants differently these days, opting to make a meal of shareable appetizers, small plates, inventive bar food or coffee and a snack. According to Chicago-based market research company Technomic, only 5 percent of consumers are now eating three square meals a day.

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