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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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How to build traffic during slow times

 By Amanda Kooser on Sep. 09, 2014

The slow times echo a familiar story for many restaurants. But the solutions don’t lie only in discounting, and they needn’t be high-tech.

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Analyze this: The cost of counting calories

 By Amanda Baltazar on Sep. 02, 2014

How do you fit hefty menu analyses that can stretch over hundreds of SKUs into the budget?

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Get in the game

Aug. 20, 2014

Now that every other venue offers big screen TVs and half-price beers, it’s crucial to start building a loyal customer base early through strategic promotions. And there’s still time to snag sports fans, as football fever really heats up with preseason August games.

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The new age of credit cards

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 08, 2014

In little more than a year, restaurants are going to have to change the way they accept payment—and many are likely to be unprepared.

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The business case for No Kid Hungry

By Kelly Killian on Sep. 18, 2014

As Dine Out for No Kid Hungry, one of the restaurant industry’s big charitable campaigns to fight childhood hunger, kicks into high gear this month, its feel-good benefits are well publicized. But as every restaurateur knows, running a profitable business isn't only about following your heart—it’s about making decisions that ultimately benefit the top and bottom line.

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Finding the sweet spot

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 14, 2014

Is finding just the right spot in just the right neighborhood still the prime factor in opening a restaurant?

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Control heating costs without getting burned

By Kelly Killian on Oct. 14, 2014

With “frigid and bitter” conditions predicted for the upcoming winter, operators already are preparing, checking systems and making upgrades.

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Highest-volume independent steak houses

Oct. 15, 2014

Even as sales at full-service restaurants sputter along, growing at 2.4 percent in 2013 according to Technomic, sales at steak concepts are leading the pack with 6.2 percent growth.

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Sales-leading independent theme restaurants

Oct. 16, 2014

The theme restaurant is alive and doing very well, as RB's Top 100 Independents sales ranking attests. Here are five theme restaurants from this year's list, all grossing more than $11 million annually.

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10 sales-building strategies from the top independents

By Kelly Killian on Nov. 06, 2014

Here are some of the tactics the country’s leading independents—with revenues of $10 million or more—say have been most successful recently for building sales.

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