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Cheese: Whey To Go

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 07, 2008

In its 2007 year-end analysis, the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board states that the overarching food trend that favors small batch, homemade products and...

Coffee: Brew-Ha-Ha

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 01, 2008

The so-called third wave of coffee culture has arrived.

Catering's new reality

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 03, 2009

Whether on-premise or off, catering can be a lucrative extension of your brand. But just as with the in-restaurant dining arena, the economic downturn has changed the rules of the game.

Not “selling to,” but “buying for”

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 01, 2010

Pate Dawson Company (PDC) has redefined its go-to-market strategy from being a distributor that sells to customers to one that buys for them. The distinction...

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What to do about commodity prices?

By Dana Tanyeri on May 01, 2011

With many commodity prices hitting new highs and food costs overall expected to rise by 3 percent to 5 percent this year, many operators recently raised the white flag in their battle to hold the line on menu price increases.

U.S. Foodservice Tips Hat to Vendors

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 22, 2011

ROSEMONT, IL (September 22, 2011 – Marketwire)—U.S. Foodservice today announced the winners of its third annual vendor recognition awards.National Beef...

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It's not about the ceramics

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 21, 2011

Struggling to reach staffers who seem lost in their own world? Well, have you thought about pottery? That’s the improbable route Bill Strickland took when he set out to turn the disadvantaged of his native Pittsburgh into choice job candidates all but vibrating with enthusiasm. Now a world-renowned motivational authority, Strickland has agreed to recount how he molds workforce stars from prospects that don’t appear to fit the system. His delivery at the Restaurant Leadership Conference promises to be as unusual as the training approach he’s taken.

Maines Partners with Local Farmers to Promote Food Safety

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 12, 2012

CONKLIN, NY (March 12, 2012)—To address consumers’ food safety concerns, Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. is hosting approximately 100 local growers for...

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