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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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Minding food safety in your produce purchase

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 11, 2007

With health and freshness two of the major forces driving menus today, produce is top on operators’ purchase orders. Indeed, restaurants have been making a big effort to put more fruits and vegetables on the plate. But this effort hit a roadblock with recent E.coli scares and salmonella outbreaks. As a result, food safety has become the priority for suppliers and buyers of fresh produce.

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What's up with commercial real estate?

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 12, 2007

Owners of commercial real estate aren’t expecting a banner year for their retail property.

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Where are they now?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 30, 2011

Restaurantbusiness.com looks back at some of the concepts that figured into past Future 50 rankings of the day’s up-and-comers.

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What patrons say about Jack's bacon milkshake

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Feb. 15, 2012

As part of its "Marry Bacon" campaign to promote a new bacon cheeseburger, West Coast fast food chain Jack in the Box also introduced a new milkshake flavor: Bacon.

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Hurricane Sandy revealed a lot about insurance coverage

By Margaret Shakespeare on Feb. 01, 2013

Hurricane Sandy caused an estimated $63 billion in damages across the East Coast. Restaurants contributed their share to the bill.

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Greening takeout: Moving past plastic and polystyrene

By Amanda Kooser on Mar. 04, 2014

With bans on plastic bags and polystyrene containers sweeping the country, we've looked at eco-friendly packaging options for restaurant operators.

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Chipotle unwrapped

By Steve Brooks on Feb. 09, 2015

Everyone is clamoring to be the next Chipotle. So what are the secrets to success for this industry strongman? We pull back the foil for a closer look.

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2015 Top 100 Independents in Las Vegas

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 20, 2015

New York City may be home to the most independent restaurants in the Top 100, but Las Vegas is a close second with 15. Sin City ranked as the No. 3 best place to open a restaurant on RB's 2015 Restaurant Growth Index.

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Technomic's 25 fastest-growing chains in the world

By Sara Rush Wirth on Sep. 19, 2016

For a clear snapshot of the restaurant brands that have their sights set on global expansion, here’s an exploration of the top 25 fastest-growing chains in the world.

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Round Table Pizza changes hands

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 15, 2017

The 50-year-old chain will now be a sister concept to Hot Dog on a Stick and Pretzelmaker.

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