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Help for operators struggling with segment blur

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 21, 2014

Restaurants struggling to understand the new food and beverage sources will meet the challengers nose-to-nose at a conference.

Tommy Bahama's real estate hunt

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 15, 2003

The search for casual-restaurant chain Tommy Bahama's newest unit began way back in 1997

Beverage

The art of crafts

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Jul. 07, 2014

Beer lists go hyperlocal as restaurants partner with craft brewers in their own backyards.

Preparing for more cost increases

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 14, 2005

Up, up, and away. Beef prices. Cheese prices. Seafood, gas, insurance. Labor costs, as states from New York to Oregon—and many in between—prepare to hike minimum wage.

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10 sales-building strategies from the top independents

By Kelly Killian on Nov. 06, 2014

Here are some of the tactics the country’s leading independents—with revenues of $10 million or more—say have been most successful recently for building sales.

Not for women only

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 15, 2005

Micro-brewers may have originally tapped into seasonal fruit beers to tempt female patrons, but men are drinking them, too.

Winter storms wreaking havoc on Boston’s restaurant industry

Feb. 12, 2015

As traffic has slipped, inventiveness has soared among the city’s fine-dining options. Now you can valet-park your snowshoes, trade your Uber receipt for an appetizer, or get a $1 oyster.

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Bringing novelty into your soda purchases

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 13, 2006

Over 100 years ago, when Restaurant Business magazine was founded as Soda Fountain News, signature soft drinks were the only kind around. Back then, the “soda jerk” was a carbonated confection artist similar to today’s coffeehouse baristas. They juggled jugs of syrups and jerked the handle (and thus the term) of the fountain to dispense soda water, mixing up “phosphates” right in the glass.

Financing

25 top limited-service chains in sales and satisfaction

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 22, 2017

A restaurant chain's sales don't always reflect customer satisfaction, and vice versa. Here, we rank the leading limited-service chains using a formula that includes financials, consumer satisfaction and value.

How to grow globally

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 03, 2006

When Giorgio Kolaj came to the United States from Italy in 1970 with dreams of opening a pizza shop, he never imagined he'd one day fly to Hong Kong to open franchises

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