THE PANELMODERATOR:RICHARD MARTIN, executive editor, Nation’s Restaurant News, New York PARTICIPANTS:LARRY BENSON, vice president of sales, NextChoice, Portsmouth, N.H. KAREN BIRD, vice president of restaurant information...

In the run-up to the high chocolate holy day of Valentine’s, the consumer market for chocolate-based eateries, pastry shops, kiosks and coffee cafes has grown sweeter with each passing day.Chocolate Bar, a tiny shop in New York City, will add a...

NEW YORK www.nrn.com, completing an overhaul that involved more than a year of research, redesign and rebuilding. —Nation’s Restaurant News has pushed the power button on a new version of its website, The newly reformatted site...

I’m sick of snow, and I’m not the only one who is. My whining may not elicit much sympathy from readers in the Midwest or Northeast, who are accustomed to long, frigid winters, but those of us in Colorado are just not used to this.I’ve bragged...

Despite all the attention focused on Americans’ expanding waistlines, dieting among U.S. adults is at an all-time low—a befuddling reality for operators trying to serve up more healthful fare.According to new data from the NPD Group, a Port...

Fred’s Restaurant in Sarasota, Fla., has garnered national recognition, including winning Wine Spectator magazine’s Best of Award of Excellence in three of the past four years as well as being named “Sarasota’s Hot Spot” by Money magazine. But...

Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp., the San Diego-based parent of the Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes restaurant concepts, has always offered health benefits to its full-time employees.But last year the parent company of nearly 100 salad-buffet units...

SAN FRANCISCO —Already scrambling to comply with a paid-sick-leave ordinance that took effect this month following a citywide spike in the hourly minimum wage to $9.14 in January, operators here also...