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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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McDonald's is taking a shot at Chick-fil-A

 By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 13, 2018

The rapidly growing chicken concept could be its biggest threat, says RB's The Bottom Line.

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Rising labor expenses cost restaurants $250M in 2017

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 01, 2018

Higher wages continued to be a problem late last year, even at chains with rising sales, says RB's The Bottom Line.

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Ruby Tuesday closes another 15 locations

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 03, 2018

The casual-dining chain says the shutters were part of a "routine review."

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Your distributor can also be your marketer

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 13, 2006

All distributors say they want to help their operator customers grow their business, but few actually have strategies in place to make it happen.

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The value of high-end coffee and tea

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 13, 2006

Espressos, Americanos, cappuccinos, lattes—these are the real restaurant moneymakers these days.

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Riding the commodity price roller coaster

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 02, 2009

Among the dark clouds of recession, restaurants have so far found at least one silver lining: the cost of basic foodstuffs.

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Visions of sugar plums

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Mar. 01, 2011

Our team of experts talks about dessert essentials and what’s coming down the sugary pike.

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Bertucci’s customer favorites spark 30th birthday specials

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 01, 2011

The Northborough, Massachusetts-based Bertucci’s, founded in 1981, is currently celebrating its 30th birthday with a limited-time menu that revisits comfort food classics.

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What's your restaurant worth?

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 23, 2012

If you fantasize about selling the restaurant and spending the rest of summer at the beach, a new study provides a pinprick of reality about the payout you can expect.

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Limited run, big buzz

By Amanda Baltazar on Oct. 02, 2013

It’s psychology so well established that we all understand it: We want what we can’t have, be it a luxury yacht, Michael Jordan-like skills or a sugary treat.

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