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Food

Restaurants go farther afield with new customer lures

 By Peter Romeo on Oct. 31, 2016

Some of the latest LTOs and menu additions underscore the willingness of even mass-market brands to experiment.

Financing

5 trends likely to drive restaurant sales into 2016

 By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 29, 2015

Halfway through 2015, prognosticators already are predicting what the industry can expect next year. Here are five trends that Technomic highlighted during its recent event in Chicago.

Food

Psst—here are the new trends in secret menus

By Benita Gingerella on Dec. 13, 2016

Now that every restaurant chain seems to have unpublished options for insiders, how are smart brands trying to recapture that mystique and sense of privilege? Read on—but mum’s the word.

Danny Meyer invests in 22-unit Tender Greens

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 15, 2015

The strategic alliance calls for Meyer to assist in the fast-casual salad chain’s expansion beyond California.

Technology

Alexa, write this column

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 07, 2017

Today, customers merely have to say what they want, without any pesky humans interfering as the request is dispatched to the kitchen in a readable form.

Shake Shack raises wages in D.C. market

By Kelsey Squire on Aug. 12, 2015

The proactive increase was part of the company’s forward-looking approach to climbing minimum wages, execs said.

2017 Top 500: Burger

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 07, 2017

The top three burger chains, all QSRs, own two-thirds of the category's sales.

An RLC trend report

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 29, 2011

Value-oriented consumers, increased protein prices and the social media revolution were a few of the trends laid out during presentations by Technomic and GE Capital at the Restaurant Leadership Conference.

Detroit restaurant chain prevails in preliminary ruling on Shake Shack’s trademark bid

Aug. 31, 2015

The burger chain’s attempt to trademark the name of its new Chicken Shack sandwich was denied, as the phrase was deemed too closely related to a local chain of chicken restaurants titled Chicken Shack.

Consumer Trends

The 10 most alluring LTOs in June

By Lizzy Freier on Jul. 06, 2017

Consumers reveal which chain limited-time offers they are most likely to order based on the name and description.

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