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MCLEAN Va. Casual-dining operators seeking greener pastures are flocking to view a European-born restaurant concept with radically different ideas about equipment, design and service. The concept, called Vapiano, carves a unique niche that...
Perhaps as you stroll along the boulevard one fine sunny day this spring, a person unknown to you will approach and attempt to “Culverize” you.Be not afraid. It’s only a guerrilla street team working for Culver’s ButterBurgers & Frozen Custard as...
Quick-service restaurant operators that have turned to outside firms to screen job candidates report immediate improvements in worker retention, offering relief from the segment’s notoriously high turnover. Atlanta-based Church’s...
Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo started out as two dudes from Florida who met in cooking school and discovered that two can be stronger than one in the hospitality world. Each landed his first job with acclaimed chef Michelle Bernstein at...
Technology trends watcher and forecaster Daniel Burrus, of Milwaukee-based Burrus Research, is the keynote speaker at FS/TEC 2008 this week at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. He recently spoke...
Given the challenging economy, organizers of FS/TEC 2008 worked to maximize the conference experience for attendees by offering an expanded slate of experts and new program formats all aimed at “Putting the I.T. in Prof. I.T.$.”Daniel Burrus...
Mama Fu’s Asian House, an Atlanta-based, fast-casual chain with 17 locations, garnered a new corporate parent when Murphy Adams Restaurant Group, a Mama Fu’s franchisee in Austin, Texas, purchased the brand last month for an undisclosed sum. The...
What do you get when you combine a former financier with no foodservice background, an ex-general manager and the former chef de cuisine of a luxury hotel?The answer is Pera, a 175-seat upscale Mediterranean brasserie specializing in grilled meats...
Here is an easy pick for silliest recent example of convergence, or the coming together of technologies or business practices: a leopard-print stun gun from Taser International that can be accessorized with a combination holster-MP3 player.“These...
January traditionally holds both the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, in Las Vegas, and The “Big Show” from the National Retail Federation, or NRF, in New York. CES focuses on new consumer technologies, while the NRF event is centered on...