Financing

How your restaurant sales and profits compare to competitors' and what you can do to improve financial performance

Financing

Chicken wing prices fall, and so does Wingstop stock

Investors didn't like the chain's unit growth outlook, as high wing prices last year slowed some development.

Financing

Survey shows Chipotle has some work to do

In the recent Harris Poll reputation survey, the chain came in last among restaurants rated, says RB's The Bottom Line.

Happy with slower growth, the fast-casual chain is going on offense, with zucchini noodles and takeout.

Brazil is a polyglot nation,” stated Jessica Harris, director of New Orleans’ Institute for the Study of Culinary Cultures at Dillard University, at the CIA’s 2009 Worlds of Flavor Conference. “Adaptiveness and creativity are its hallmarks.”

Relatively unknown in the United States before the 1950s, vodka is now the best-selling spirit category.

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, operators often turn to poultry to keep costs in check when red meats and seafood skyrocket. But that strategy may be dampened in the months ahead.

It used to be that spring and summer menus had the monopoly on fresh fruits and vegetables—especially in restaurants north of the sunbelt.

“Vulture investing” can be a profitable path to growth. With bankruptcy filings occurring at a steady clip, one company’s distress is another’s opportunity.

Aside from the standard glass of juice or fruit cup, most chain menus don’t offer a whole lot of produce at breakfast.

Starbucks chief Howard Schultz called on restaurateurs who packed his keynote address at the National Restaurant Association to take greater responsibility.

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