retail

Think labor unions are someone else’s problem? Think again. While unions and other workers’ rights groups haven’t fed well at the restaurant trough to date, that scenario is poised to change.

The team that built one of business-to-business publishing’s most respected media companies has acquired the parent concern of Restaurant Business magazine, Monkeydish.com, the Restaurant Leadership Conference, and all related information vehicles.

That’s one Gin Rickey coming right up, and I’ll wrap up the spotted dick to go.” For some forward-thinking operators, selling specialty groceries is a unique way to boost the bar tab and make themselves a retail destination as well. But it takes more than just tacking up a few shelves of merchandise to grab those take-away retail sales. How do you make it work?