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Research your customers

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 12, 2007

If you’re a growing chain, hunches, assumptions, emotions and instinct go just so far before managing by them becomes a risky business.

Technomic: Focused Positioning Helps Pizza Chains Grow

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 01, 2009

CHICAGO, IL (Sept. 30)—Despite flat sales in 2008 and into 2009 throughout most of the limited-service pizza industry, some chain operators are finding...

Consumers Swayed By Morning Perks In Hotel Selection, Says Technomic

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 20, 2011

CHICAGO (July 20, 2011 - PR Newswire)—When choosing a hotel, it’s not just the amenities they pay for, but the freebies they don’t, that influence...

4 surprises behind Olive Garden’s big quarter

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 21, 2016

Executives attributed the gains to innovations on several fronts.

Dealing with teenage workers

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 11, 2006

Joseph “Smokey” Simmons doesn’t have a lot of love for today’s teenage restaurant workers. “These kids expect to go to school for two years and come out as a chef,” says Simmons, owner of Our Daily Bread Chef Services, in Cincinnati, Ohio."

Operations

Offsite Gear: Traveling Gear

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 07, 2007

Whether it’s simply moving lunch to an outdoor location or offering a full off-premises banquet and catering service, there’s money to be made offsite. But preparing and holding food often requires specialized equipment.

Entrepreneur of the year: Kevin Reddy

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 01, 2009

Turning an interesting startup into a major industry player takes a lot of vision, leadership and a taste for the risky. This year, Kevin Reddy made it all look easy.

Office Catering Opportunities Growing Beyond Lunch

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 13, 2011

CHICAGO (September 13, 2011 - PR Newswire)—Few restaurants and caterers would be surprised to hear that catering orders for business and medical offices...

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