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Assessing Hurricane Harvey's real impact

 Jan. 08, 2018

While the loss is significant and won’t reflect positively in quarterly reports, this story does not necessarily have the dire ending many forecasted.

Financing

Is your distributor going the extra mile?

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 28, 2007

What’s your distributor done for you lately? If nothing comes to mind besides dropping off cases at the back door, maybe it’s time to start asking some questions.

Five places to cut power usage

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 07, 2008

And save a little money while you're at it. Big energy cost increases, estimated at a whopping 12.3 percent this year compared to just 2.9 percent last year—plus mounting pressure to be environmentally friendly—make energy saving a priority.

The Future 50 2009

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 23, 2008

Restaurant Business Magazine's annual ranking of the fastest growing small chains in America.

The everything guide to processing plastic

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 01, 2008

Imagine you had to buy a $30,000 stove or refrigerator every year. You’d check specs, research brands and seek the best features for the least money. Right?

USF’s hunger-relief efforts

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 01, 2009

Foodservice distributors are in business to sell food, but they also give a lot away. U.S. Foodservice (USF) is a case in point. The nation’s No. 2...

Financing

Getting in on produce

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 01, 2010

Maines Paper & Food Service, a mega $3 billion broadliner, set out several years ago to eliminate the competitive disadvantages companies its size often have in the produce category.

Financing

What’s percolating?

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Oct. 01, 2010

Specialty coffee purveyors keep raising the bar in terms of quality and innovation.

Financing

2011 Restaurant Growth Index

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 01, 2011

As 2011 gets underway, it’s clear that the slowly recovering economy continues to impact the restaurant industry as shown by sluggish sales and limited expansion.

Leadership

Entrepreneur of the Month: Kelly Roddy

By Joan M. Lang on Jul. 01, 2011

Over the course of the past two years, management has strengthened the culture; improved the business model and unit economics; ramped up marketing; and introduced a remodel that has spurred 28 percent sales increases.

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