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Like senior citizens dancing the Electric Slide at a grandchild’s wedding reception and then having a video clip posted on YouTube.com to prove it, the...
When consumers aren’t asleep or deciding where to eat, the odds are they’re watching TV, using the Internet, listening to traditional or satellite radio, reading a magazine, or checking their e-mail, because media use is “the biggest single...
The ambitious growth plans of La Verdad’s founders seem out of proportion for an unknown fast-casual startup with only a single prototype.The brainchild of an award-winning chef, a foie gras producer and a nightclub mogul, La Verdad is a two-month...
CHICAGO —At age 88, the grand-daddy of industry conventions still managed to wear out the generally younger 73,000-plus people who converged here May 19-22 for the nation’s largest gathering of...
As competition in the restaurant industry heats up and consumer expectations constantly change, the creation of embraceable, distinct brand identities is increasingly critical for marketers striving to set their concepts apart from the pack.But...
Success in the restaurant industry revolves largely around anticipating the unexpected. For many operators, handling the larger-than-normal lunch rush, the party of 16 that walks in the door at 7 p.m. and the employee who doesn’t show up for a...
Seth McDonald had worked only a few lawn mowing jobs when he went to work for a Dairy Queen franchisee in Two Harbors, Minn. Fifteen years later, the 31-year-old is now vice president of operations for that 11-unit franchisee. Cheryl...
In the decade-long tradition of the MenuMasters Awards, this year’s winners represent a well-deserving slate of research and development executives, leaders and influential restaurant companies. In the past year, the honorees played crucial roles...
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. —Operators at the Restaurant Leadership Conference here this month addressed issues ranging from effective methods for culinary innovation to the marketing merits of Wi-Fi services to the changing ambitions of...