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Financing

Brioche Doree plans a U.S. invasion

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 20, 2018

Le Duff America sells off other concepts as it plans to expand its parent company's legacy concept in the States.

Should restaurants recharge customers' cellphones?

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on May 29, 2014

And is it rude for them even to ask? Advice Guy weighs in on the debate.

Krispy Kreme tries 3-pointer with Nike tie-in

By Peter Romeo on May 16, 2016

Basketball fans can buy a pair of Ky-rispy Kremes from the Ky-rispy Kreme truck, but only for a limited time.

‘Rock ‘n’ roll chef’ Kerry Simon dies at age 60

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 14, 2015

The celebrity Las Vegas chef-restaurateur, a favorite of rock stars, succumbed to a rare neurological disease.

8 takeaways from RLC Day One

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 24, 2015

Attendees were also introduced to a new market segment and an effective new tool for predicting sales and traffic.

Technology

Domino's is expanding its self-driving car test

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 27, 2018

The pizza chain and Ford are testing self-driving delivery vehicles in Miami.

Baltimore expands food truck zones

Jun. 10, 2014

Legislation creates new yet-to-be-determined zones for food trucks; originally it said the trucks would have to stay at least 300 feet from traditional restaurants.

Researchers find heat-resistant form of E.coli

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2016

The pathogen isn't killed at temperatures exceeding 160 degrees, a threshold health experts have regarded as a guarantee the bacteria will be destroyed.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Competitors transformed

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 18, 2015

Without so much as a full moon, some of the biggest names in the business began a transformation this week that should have werewolves muttering, “Whoa, gnarly stuff.”

Sysco asks a federal court to green-light merger with US Foods

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 22, 2015

The distribution giant argues in part that the combined company would save $600 million, which would be passed along to foodservice customers in the form of lower prices and better support.

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