NPD: Restaurants likely to wean customers off discounts/deals

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May 19, 2010

Restaurants across all segments of the restaurant industry offered a host of deals and discounts over the past two years to entice recession-ridden consumers…

Jazzman's Café unveils watermelon creations

May 18, 2010

Jazzman's Café & Bakery has announced that it will bring a summertime picnic classic to its stores this summer. Fresh watermelon, a typical staple in…

New tech solutions to debut at NRA Show 2010

May 18, 2010

A number of technology providers will debut new solutions at this weekend's National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, May 22 through May…

Corner Bakery signs 12-unit expansion deal

May 18, 2010

Corner Bakery Café has signed a deal with Riverside, Calif.-based restaurateur Rodney Couch to develop 12 locations in the California counties of Riverside…

Consumers to inspire the next PJ's Coffee blend

May 18, 2010

PJ's Coffee of New Orleans has developed a consumer-inspired promotion to choose its next coffee flavor. Through the brand's social media venues Facebook and…

Panera Bread opens nonprofit pilot

May 18, 2010

Panera Bread has opened its first nonprofit location in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton. The new store does not tell customers what to pay for their meals.

NPD: Sandwiches, burgers prove recession resilient

May 18, 2010

Sandwiches and burgers still prove to bring in revenues for both quick-service and full service restaurants. According to The NPD Group, a leading market…

Ten ways restaurant operators can build their opt-in e-mail lists

If no one is reading your marketing e-mails, it doesn't matter how creative or passionate those messages are.

Starbucks names new consumer products president

May 18, 2010

Starbucks Coffee Co. has appointed Jeff Hansberry as president of the company's global consumer products group and foodservice. Hansberry will start in June…

Jazzman's Café unveils watermelon creations

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May 18, 2010

Jazzman's Café & Bakery has announced that it will bring a summertime picnic classic to its stores this summer. Fresh watermelon, a typical staple in…

New tech solutions to debut at NRA Show 2010

by

May 18, 2010

A number of technology providers will debut new solutions at this weekend's National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, May 22 through May…

Corner Bakery signs 12-unit expansion deal

by

May 18, 2010

Corner Bakery Café has signed a deal with Riverside, Calif.-based restaurateur Rodney Couch to develop 12 locations in the California counties of Riverside…

Consumers to inspire the next PJ's Coffee blend

by

May 18, 2010

PJ's Coffee of New Orleans has developed a consumer-inspired promotion to choose its next coffee flavor. Through the brand's social media venues Facebook and…

Panera Bread opens nonprofit pilot

by

May 18, 2010

Panera Bread has opened its first nonprofit location in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton. The new store does not tell customers what to pay for their meals.

NPD: Sandwiches, burgers prove recession resilient

by

May 18, 2010

Sandwiches and burgers still prove to bring in revenues for both quick-service and full service restaurants. According to The NPD Group, a leading market…

Ten ways restaurant operators can build their opt-in e-mail lists

If no one is reading your marketing e-mails, it doesn't matter how creative or passionate those messages are.

Starbucks names new consumer products president

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May 18, 2010

Starbucks Coffee Co. has appointed Jeff Hansberry as president of the company's global consumer products group and foodservice. Hansberry will start in June…

Food, beverage manufacturers to cut 1.5 trillion calories by 2015

May 17, 2010

Less than a week after First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the Childhood Obesity Task Force's action plan, the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) has…

Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill signs first franchise partner

May 17, 2010

Denver-based Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, an eight-unit restaurant group, has announced the awarding of the company's first franchise deal to Doherty…

Dickey's BBQ Pit launches new prototype

May 17, 2010

Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants Inc. has re-designed its store prototype, slashing start-up costs for new stores, in some cases by hundreds of thousands of…