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Selling My Company: Seven Common Pitfalls that Can Produce Failure

For many owners, including owners of foodservice distributorships, the sale of their company is the largest, most complex transaction of their career. Due to...

Intentional Contamination:

Beyond the political implications of the use of food products as weapons, there is also the legal question of whether a company can be held liable for the...

"Our new team will build a Kraft that is bolder, more agile, more creative and more focused," said Irene Rosenfeld, ceo. "We're putting more day-to-day...

CHICAGO, IL (Oct. 16, 2009)—DSRs not yet comfortable with selling ethnic foods—Asian and Indian items, in particular —had best start brushing on...

At first glance, 2010 should be the golden age of the executive search. When restaurant chains around the country are shutting doors and laying off seasoned managers, it ought to be easy pickings to recruit top talent for your up-and-coming concept.

TAUNTON, MA (March 29, 2012 - Marketwire)—New England Wholesale food distributor AGAR has announced that Nor'Easter Seafood based in Boston will be one of...

The seafood chain’s CEO is humorously reminding voters that The Donald isn’t the only outspoken and controversial figure who could make a run at the Oval Office. In the process, he’s aiming to sell some trout and fish tacos.

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

The seafood menu category continues to slowly sink, having declined 0.8% in sales to $5.3 billion and 2.1% in unit counts to 1,377 in 2016 from the prior year.

Running a foodservice operation is not a simple prospect. In addition to producing quality food and maintaining a high level of service, owners and GMs are faced with a multitude of responsibilities: payroll & human resources, taxes, state, federal and local mandates, technology, marketing, and accounting to name a few.

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