BROOMFIELD Colo. Noodles & Company has added variety to its traditionally pasta-laden menu with three new sandwiches. The sandwiches are being offered in Noodles & Company stores in Ohio, Kentucky and Colorado, and the chain said it plans to roll...
NEW YORK Last month Nation’s Restaurant News selected 10 executives to watch in the year ahead, from newcomer Liz Smith of OSI Restaurant Partners to longtime restaurant-industry fixture Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee. In the...
• A comparison study of restaurant technologies found that consumers felt table-side displays of virtual menus with nutritional information to be the most valuable, followed by pagers for table management, hand-held point-of-sale...
Restaurateurs hoping for a robust holiday shopping season will have to make peace with the fact that many consumers are still cutting their spending, even on the most popular stocking stuffers: gift cards.A recent study conducted by Consumer...
Retailers and marketers have been complaining that holiday gift cards, often bought at the last minute for hard-to-please friends or relatives, are the “new fruitcake.” But several restaurant brands are sprucing up the stocking stuffers by...
DALLAS —Restaurateurs hoping to attract recession-weary customers should entice them with familiar favorites that create a temporary escape from the pressures of the day, food trends expert Nancy...
DALLAS —Amid cautious optimism that economic woes may be easing, speakers at the recent Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference had one message for attendees: Don’t just sit back and wait. ...
DALLAS —Industry executives gathered here to share best practices during the 50th Annual Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference made it clear they are relying on innovation to fuel their own...
DALLAS Nation’s Restaurant News’ 50th Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference kicked off Sunday as hundreds of operators from across the country gathered to share best practices, seek out new solutions and network with industry peers. Ideas...
BROOMFIELD Colo. Noodles & Company, a 210-unit fast-casual chain, said Wednesday it has hired advertising and marketing veteran Dan Fogarty as vice president of marketing. Fogarty had worked with Noodles president, chairman and chief...
