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

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10 tips for working food fests and fairs

 By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Jul. 07, 2015

We asked these two festival veterans how they plan for success, and they offered these 10 tips.

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Nontraditional breakfasts picking up in popularity

 By Sara Rush Wirth and Peter Romeo on Jan. 19, 2016

One-third of guests who ordered a breakfast item outside of the traditional morning daypart had not visited a McDonald’s at all prior to October.

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Technomic: Drive-thru data

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 07, 2017

As consumers increase their off-premise dining, limited-service operators will continue to study their priorities and habits, as well as borrow ideas from chains who are doing it right.

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Piece of Culver's is sold

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 16, 2017

The Culver family retains control, but a board seat has been extended to the buyer, Roark Capital.

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How the Senate tax bill would affect restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 04, 2017

Owners of pass-through companies would get some relief, but the qualifications suggest not all restaurateurs would qualify.

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At LongHorn, smaller menu yields more sales

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 19, 2017

A “back to basics” approach helps most of Darden’s casual-dining concepts generate sales.

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McDonald's franchisees say new Dollar Menu will do well

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 23, 2018

But operators in an Instinet survey say the menu and other changes won't help their profits.

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Is McDonald's hurting Starbucks and Dunkin'?

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 08, 2018

But the coffee chains also could be expanding too quickly, says RB's The Bottom Line.

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McDonald's has a Happy Meal deal with Disney

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 28, 2018

The multiyear agreement enables the chain to promote movies on its meals, starting with "Incredibles 2."

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Casual dining finally shrinks unit count

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 30, 2018

The sector closed more units than it opened last year, according to Technomic, after a decade of weak sales.

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