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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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Signature drinks pose a purchasing puzzle

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 13, 2001

Often it takes just an ingredient twist or two to make bar drinks your own. But finding that something special can be a purchasing puzzle.

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Drink trends pour in

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 07, 2007

Smart beverage buyers have to keep current, but a crystal ball wouldn’t hurt.

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2010 product preview: What's next?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 03, 2009

Optimism is in the air as we look ahead to 2010, but product and menu developers are proceeding with caution.

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Your franchisees need a loan? Give their bank an earful

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 08, 2011

Restaurant franchisees wouldn’t have to scrounge for capital if their franchisors provided lenders with info about the brand’s performance, plans and work-out scenarios, concluded a high-level powwow on the credit crunch.

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Fresh catch at Friday’s

By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 01, 2012

Casual-dining pioneer T.G.I. Friday’s has invested in elevating its menu ingredients.

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How to read a lease

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 01, 2012

So you’ve found a great location at a good price. You’ve still got one hump to get over: signing the lease.

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More dollars means positive growth for 2014

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 16, 2014

Consumers, on the whole, will be making a bit more in 2014. Combine the predicted rise in disposable income for 2014 with the steadily declining rate of unemployment, and there’s hope that wallets will begin to open more easily.

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Take-home advertising

By Kelly Killian on Jan. 07, 2015

Operators are making sure business cards, coasters, stickers and other printed materials speak for the brand once they go out the door.

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2015 Top 100 Independents in Washington, D.C.

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 20, 2015

Washington D.C. is home to six of the Top 100 Independents this year, up from only three in 2014.

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Score more fans through food shipments

By Julianne Pepitone on Aug. 11, 2016

Concepts can expand their customer base by shipping signature foods nationwide. But logistics such as quality control and the expense pose a high entry barrier.

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