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5 ways to craft a holiday menu game plan

 Sponsored content from our partner Pierce Chicken on Nov. 20, 2017

Supplementing an existing menu to emphasize appetizers, sides, shareables and small plates can help boost sales during this key period.

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Restaurants ring in the new year with healthy menu items

 By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 03, 2018

Here's how seven operators are helping consumers stick to their 2018 resolutions.

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3 ways to bring diners in from the cold

Sponsored content from our partner Blount Fine Foods on Feb. 15, 2018

For operators looking to boost sales by offering warm, comforting foods, be sure to keep these ideas in mind.

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This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Screeching U-turns

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 14, 2017

Chiropractors' delights this week included suggestions Chipotle may scrap its burger venture, a backfire for Burger King on a new form of advertising, a rethink of delivery by Taco Bell and a potentially devastating threat to alcohol sales.

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4 winning off-premise strategies

Sponsored content from our partner Land O'Lakes Foodservice on Mar. 28, 2018

Learning more about who’s ordering and what they want can help restaurant operators cater better to their takeout and delivery customers.

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Chains leap ahead on ‘plant forward’

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 19, 2017

The trend of making vegetables a star is quickly shifting down from high-end dining into the mass market. Here are some of recent efforts by sizable chains, including one of the industry's largest.

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Food trucks roll into RLC

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 04, 2011

Food trucks fill the streets and parking lots of New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin and Portland, Ore. Los Angeles alone counts 9,000 food trucks and carts, including branded vehicles from California Pizza Kitchen and Carl’s Jr. Yet when Ray Villaman, moderator of a trucks panel at the Restaurant Leadership Conference, asked who in the audience has or plans to launch a food truck, only a few hands were raised.

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'Lettuce on aisle 9, right by the condoms'

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 07, 2012

The formidable Duane Reade drugstore chain is stepping up its challenge to restaurants by including a made-to-order salad station in its latest store.

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Top 10 beverage trends

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 17, 2013

Quenching Americans’ thirst has become a hotbed of menu development. It’s no longer enough to offer plain iced tea, branded carbonated soft drinks and sparkling water. Customers expect flavor innovation, variety and often health benefits as they sip. The same holds true with alcoholic drinks, where freshness and seasonality are a priority.

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Super chicks

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 27, 2013

Some of the most renowned chefs are elevating one of the humblest birds—the chicken—to new heights. We’re not talking fancy sauces, rare spices or hi-tech techniques; instead, these pros are turning to the simplest, most down-home cooking methods—frying and roasting.

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