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Consumer insights: Kid stuff

Premium-laden kids' meals is a billion-dollar business. But what do the parents think?

Operations

Timing your buying

Timing may not be everything, but when it comes to getting the best price on a wide variety of purchases, it can make a big difference.

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...

HOUSTON (May 20, 2013)—Sysco Corporation, North America's largest foodservice distribution company, introduced its new Solutions and Services business,...

Non-alcoholic drinks can benefit from happy hour promotions, too.

Operators are making sure business cards, coasters, stickers and other printed materials speak for the brand once they go out the door.

In March, some 20 staffers of BD’s Mongolian BBQ partied in a Detroit Pistons suite at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Although the industry is slowly showing improvements after being hard hit by the recession, there remains cause for concern. According to NPD, a leading market research company, restaurants are expected to grow by only 1 percent a year while the country’s population will grow by 1.1 percent per year over the next decade.

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.

This has been a week of jaw-dropping restaurant blunders. Consider, for instance, Wendy’s inadvertent lapse into pimp-speak during an otherwise routine promotion.

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