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50 great ideas: 2016 edition

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 14, 2016

What takes a notion from “that’s cool” to a smart, business-forward point of differentiation? We present 50 of the greatest on-trend ideas we’ve collected.

10 restaurant chains with the loudest consumer buzz

 By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 30, 2017

These are the brands people are talking about most, on and off social media.

Operations

Chipotle revises its turnaround plan

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 25, 2017

The updates include changes in the chain's catering program, new digital enhancements, and a contribution from a Starbucks veteran who's been brought onboard.

Operations

Domino’s XXX option and 4 other head-spinning developments

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 01, 2018

Even the pizza chain was startled by the new way that's been blazed to order a pie. And that's only one of the extreme moves that turned heads this week.

Operations

Coffee Machines: The Latest Perks

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 07, 2008

The Starbucks revolution has permanently changed the face of coffee consumption. Coffee drinkers expect high-quality brews everywhere they go, and restaurants have taken this as a cue to improve their offerings.

Food on a stick

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 22, 2012

One of the most efficient ways to eat a meal is to chomp it off a stick. Long the iconic fare at state fairs and kebab restaurants, stick food has been upgraded and diversified, popping up everywhere from hotel bars to fine dining menus and the local Starbucks.

Marketing

Restaurants use Twitter to drive post-holiday spending

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 03, 2014

When it snows, it, well, snows. Coming off a less-than-robust holiday season, restaurants in much of the country are battling heavy snowfall and bitter-cold temperatures, which keep could consumers at home. But that’s not a given.

Starbucks’ new plan to win over coffee snobs, commuters

Sep. 05, 2014

While the chain’s new express stores will emphasize speed of service, a Starbucks variation at the other end of the spectrum will stress the art and mystique of coffee.

... Meanwhile, Starbucks sales surge in Q1

Jan. 23, 2015

Latest earnings suggest the coffee chain's efforts to drive sales outside of the morning rush are starting to show success. Breakfast-sandwich sales also surged 29 percent, while lunch-food was up 15 percent.

Starbucks to open store in Ground Zero of racial strife

Apr. 23, 2015

CEO Howard Schultz says the addition of a Starbucks store in Ferguson, Missouri, will ease tensions by creating jobs.

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