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Pardon me, may I speak with a manager?

"Pardon me, may I speak with a manager please?" This is a line heard every day in restaurants across America. It's a reasonable enough request.

Improving traffic patterns

Steal the directions from up-and-comers’ road maps.

If magazine publishers can open restaurants, such as Penthouse's new steakhouse in New York, a restaurateur can certainly publish a magazine.

Unite Here has launched what it calls a “consumer education campaign” that asserts the bakery-café chain’s menu is anything but healthful.

Two new studies are calling for the disclosure of nutritional information on restaurant menus and a curb on food advertising aimed at children as partial but important ways to combat juvenile obesity.

The casual-dining chain’s event will feature samples of new menu items and “special-guest” performances.

Not so long ago, only a restaurant chain with the heft of a McDonald's or an Applebee's or a Red Lobster could get a major food manufacturer to produce...

Strategies to answer social media harassment.

Tips on getting the best advertising deal from newspapers, TV networks and radio stations. Plus, do-it-yourself TV ads: Create an ad, plan a campaign and buy media—all online. Flynn Dekker, VP of marketing at Dallas-based Steak and Ale, needed a new ad campaign.

Recent partnerships won social media buzz for these limited-service brands.

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