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

Marketing’s role in menu R&D

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 14, 2007

A look at the fundamentals of marketing and how they can impact the development of new menu items. Plus: the lifecycle of a new menu item and how to manage it.

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Frozen drinks

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Jul. 14, 2011

Every summer the big quickservice chains expand their frozen drink offerings with cool LTOs and this season is no exception.

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New England as backyard

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 01, 2012

One might think that local ingredients are hard to come by during a Massachusetts winter.

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An alternative to the minimum wage

By Sam Smith on Apr. 01, 2013

President Obama wants to see the minimum wage raised from $7.25, where it’s been for six years, to $9. There’s a better option for helping low-income earners that should be considered.

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Adding valet service without crashing

By Amanda Kooser on Mar. 28, 2014

Valet parking services may be a must for some guests. Learn how to keep costs under control.

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Avoiding rent rip-offs

By Dina Berta on Jun. 15, 2015

At a time when the country is seeing established, successful concepts close or relocate because of rapidly escalating rents, operators are focusing on other ways to make a lease still work for them.

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Independents' top sales-boosting tactics

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 21, 2015

Operators who earned a spot on Restaurant Business’ 2015 Top 100 Independents ranking tell what four sales-boosting tactics worked for them this past year.

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5 lessons from high-traffic independents

By Scott Hume on Oct. 18, 2016

The Top 100 is ranked by sales, but the list measures success. These operators never say they know a "secret" to success, but why do they perform so well?

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