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

Getting on the shelves: Licensing lessons

By Sara Rush Wirth on Feb. 09, 2015

Licensing products doesn't have to be a huge undertaking. Brands with small programs that they say are lucrative as well as simpler to maintain—and began with relative ease. For restaurateurs looking into licensing, there are lessons to learn at every level.

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Chipotle unwrapped

By Steve Brooks on Feb. 09, 2015

Everyone is clamoring to be the next Chipotle. So what are the secrets to success for this industry strongman? We pull back the foil for a closer look.

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Getting on the shelves: Licensing lessons

By Sara Rush Wirth on Mar. 02, 2015

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Even amid stale sales, takeout is a fresh spot

By Sam Smith on Jun. 01, 2015

A confluence of tech advances, changing lifestyles and demographic shifts has brought a renaissance in takeout, and everyone is racing to capitalize on it.

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Delivery’s third-party players

By Sam Smith on May 04, 2015

Takeout’s sibling, delivery, is seeing notable activity as well, and it’s mainly coming from third-party providers and the investors who seem to love them.

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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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