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How your restaurant sales and profits compare to competitors' and what you can do to improve financial performance

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Loving underutilized cuts of red meat

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 12, 2006

To feed Americans’ never-ending appetite for beef, the cattle industry is making new and underutilized cuts more available to restaurateurs.

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Blended investment: smoothies, shakes and malts

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 13, 2007

A selection of fruit smoothies can add on-trend beverage choices to a menu and boost average checks.

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Front: Real Estate-Stupid Growth Tricks

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 01, 2008

The tough economy has many companies pulling in their horns on expansion, but operators who are shopping for real estate could find it’s a buyer’s market.

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Top 3 surprises from 2011's Future 50

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 30, 2011

A look through all six installments of our annual Future 50 report triggered some double-takes about the chains on this year’s list.

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Is your menu genetically modified?

By Steve Brooks on Feb. 29, 2012

For her nine Grand Central Bakeries, in Portland and Seattle, Piper Davis buys sustainable grains and natural meats.

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Partner with your supplier to fight fish fraud

By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 27, 2013

Your seafood supplier can be your best friend when it comes to identifying seafood species and avoiding fraud.

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Adding valet service without crashing

By Amanda Kooser on Mar. 28, 2014

Valet parking services may be a must for some guests. Learn how to keep costs under control.

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Avoiding rent rip-offs

By Dina Berta on Jun. 15, 2015

At a time when the country is seeing established, successful concepts close or relocate because of rapidly escalating rents, operators are focusing on other ways to make a lease still work for them.

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Independents' top sales-boosting tactics

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 21, 2015

Operators who earned a spot on Restaurant Business’ 2015 Top 100 Independents ranking tell what four sales-boosting tactics worked for them this past year.

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5 lessons from high-traffic independents

By Scott Hume on Oct. 18, 2016

The Top 100 is ranked by sales, but the list measures success. These operators never say they know a "secret" to success, but why do they perform so well?

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