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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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McDonald's has a Happy Meal deal with Disney

 By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 28, 2018

The multiyear agreement enables the chain to promote movies on its meals, starting with "Incredibles 2."

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Casual dining finally shrinks unit count

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 30, 2018

The sector closed more units than it opened last year, according to Technomic, after a decade of weak sales.

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Technomic: Restaurants end Q1 on a high note

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 30, 2018

March traffic increased as consumers returned to normal behavior.

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10 things you need to know about your distributor

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 03, 2006

We've rooted around beneath the sales reps, the pricing strategies and the cost structures of foodservice distributors to see how things really work.

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Getting the most out of your dessert buy

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 12, 2006

Despite America’s obsession with dieting, fat and calories, restaurant customers haven’t stopped ordering dessert.

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Buying organic & sustainable

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 23, 2008

While the USDA has established identity standards for organic labeling, there are no clear guidelines for sustainable products.

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Enticement: Sweetening the pot

By Steve Brooks on Feb. 01, 2011

What most cutting-edge franchise services have in common is that they cut the cost of opening a store.

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PE dealmakers to discuss what opens their checkbooks

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 26, 2011

Hands-on dealmakers will discuss current restaurant-company valuations and the next wave of private-equity acquisitions during a keynote presentation at the 2012 Restaurant Leadership Conference.

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Spring's in full swing

By Patricia Cobe on May 01, 2012

With flowers blooming and vegetables sprouting in colder climes as early as March this year, chefs in the Midwest and Northeast were able to get a head start on spring menus.

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Commodity update

Oct. 20, 2011

Certain agricultural products are staples in your restaurant kitchen. Commodities like meat, nuts, dairy foods, potatoes and other types of produce show up regularly on your order list. Here’s a brief overview of how these ingredients are trending, gleaned from information provided by the commodity boards that serve the growers, ranchers and farmers of these products.

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