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Desserts

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 07, 2007

Butter, milk, cream and eggs are the ingredients that give many desserts their delicious flavor and richness. But these are the same commodities that have...

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The $15 question

By Steve Brooks on Mar. 17, 2014

In the fight over minimum wage, the restaurant industry faces an elusive, but highly organized challenger.

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7 indulgences aimed at busting New Year's resolutions

By Jackson Lewis on Jan. 11, 2017

As consumers try to meet their healthier eating pledges, some operators are bucking the trend and offering indulgent fare.

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Jun. 11, 2017

Parent Global Franchise Group recently began offering co-branding with sister brand Marble Slab Creamery

Selling LTOs

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 03, 2009

California Tortilla is proud of its wacky marketing campaigns—most of which happen on a pretty small budget. To launch their popular Fish Taco two years ago, the chain's founder came dressed up as a scuba diver and had buckets of water dumped on him—all recorded for posterity in a goofy YouTube video.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

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