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The week in ideas, July 15, 2011

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 15, 2011

Five ideas this week. Two you'd probably call more theories than ideas, but we're not that particular. Bans were in style this week. Restaurants kept serving kids alcohol. A little restaurant on restaurant love in Portland. And more

The Week In Franchising, March 20, 2012

 By Peter Romeo on Mar. 20, 2012

A roundup of developments affecting franchisees and franchisors.

Technology

Are mobile payments safer?

By Amanda Kooser on Feb. 01, 2013

It’s easy to get blinded by the newness of mobile payment technology, but the security issues aren’t that much different from older methods of taking payments.

Financing

Finding the sweet spot

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 14, 2014

Is finding just the right spot in just the right neighborhood still the prime factor in opening a restaurant?

Stop throwing money away

By Bill Main on May 19, 1999

I mean this literally. Go in the kitchen. Look in the garbage cans. I guarantee you'll find real money in your 50 gallon garbage cans—also known as the "black hole" of food cost.

Win the real estate game

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 12, 2006

Want to beat the big guys in this game? You’d better find the right corner—or in-line or end-cap. “Of all the decisions a new restaurant owner will make, the biggest is real estate,” says Steve Greene, COO of Camille’s Sidewalk Café in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Poultry Profit Makers

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 07, 2007

Restaurants traditionally rely on chicken and turkey to be menu profit makers. Usually in good supply and always a good buy in relation to other proteins,...

5 winning beverage strategies

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 01, 2010

In this down economy, some restaurants have taken their eye off beverage while trying to survive. That’s a big, possibly fatal, mistake.

The week in ideas, August 5, 2011

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 05, 2011

Diversified protects whistleblowers. Zagats collects some bad names. Hooters goes after fantasy football fans. And we ask, what exactly is going on in Hartford, Connecticut?

PMA Foundation Names Emerging Leaders

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 16, 2012

NEWARK, DE (April 16, 2012)—Embracing a future characterized by strong leadership and business success, the PMA Foundation for Industry Talent held its...

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