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Cheeseburgers in paradise?

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 24, 2001

Is There Room For 2 Cheeseburgers?

Restaurants’ sales to rise 3.6 percent in 2014, NRA forecasts

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 16, 2014

Restaurants will vie this year for a 3.6 percent increase in total industry sales, which should hit an all-time high of $683.4 billion, according to the just-released business forecast of the NRA.

The Upper East Side: The Handler sisters

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 15, 2003

When restaurateur Jennifer Handler decided she wanted to open a restaurant, she excitedly took her father to visit the storefront on New York's Upper East Side she'd just leased. His exact words were: "You're kidding, right?"

The week's 5 head-spinning moments

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2014

Adjustments in tech strategies, a big promotion that slipped past unnoticed, why every big chain should be scared and the day fast food lost its mind.

Carbs slide in supermarkets, not in popularity, study says

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 18, 2004

Consumers may be buying fewer low-carb packaged foods, but they're sticking to a diet strategy of eating less starch and sugar, according to a survey conducted earlier this summer.