Arby’s is opening a store in Manhattan, not too far away from Chick-fil-A’s first full-service outpost in the city. Arby’s last had a presence in New York in 2008, when it closed a store in the Manhattan Mall food court. The new store will debut this month in Midtown.The 3,400-unit chain is on a sales…
After a couple months of tepid jobs growth, the U.S. economy added 271,000 net new payroll jobs in October, according to the latest employment report released Nov. 6 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate also fell slightly to 5%. In addition, the BLS revised up the number of jobs created in August…
The annual New York hotel show, rebranded this year as HX: The Hotel Experience, ran Nov. 8-10 at the Javits Center in New York City. It comes as the hotel business in the U.S. market is booming. According to the real estate investment and research firm Marcus & Millichamp, based in Calabasas, Calif., average hotel…
Congress is looking favorably at loosening the guidelines on menu-labeling legislation for convenience stores. Both the House and the Senate are considering bipartisan-sponsored versions of the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015, which would allow adjustments to federal menu labeling for c-store owners. The legislation has the support of the National Association of Convenience…
ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, the fast-casual concept from Chipotle Mexican Grill, is close to entry dates for its debut in the Windy City. Its first location opens this month in suburban Schaumburg, and December will see the opening of a new store in Chicago’s Loop. The brand currently operates 10 locations in Washington and Los…
Call it salt in the wound. The New York City Department of Health has denied a request from the National Restaurant Association to delay implementing a new sodium regulation set to take effect Dec. 1. The health department stated it could not put off enacting an “important rule that will help New Yorkers make healthier…
Although same-store sales and customer traffic remained positive in September, the latest survey from the NRA’s Restaurant Performance Index registered both a modest decline in operators’ sales and a continued rise in the indicators that track capital expenditures. The RPI stood at 101.4 in September, down slightly from a level of 101.5 in August. Despite…
Are you ready? Today’s FEDA webinar starts at 10 a.m. CST. The program, “Selling Has Nothing To Do With Selling; How To Sell In The Age Of The Information Economy,” takes a look at how sales organizations should approach the new age of sales. FEDA speaker Rick Farrell will teach listeners alternative sales strategies for…
A 46,000-sq.-ft. expansion has added a test kitchen, high-tech training room and 90-seat auditorium to Henny Penny’s Eaton, Ohio, campus. The addition, Henny Penny’s fifth major expansion since it was founded in 1957, also includes additional manufacturing and office space. Nearly 1,000 people, including customers and partners, are trained on the company’s products and services…
Advance Tabco has added a second manufacturing facility in Kaufman, Texas. “This will bring our capacity to 260,000 sq. ft. in Kaufman and will be completed by the end of the year,” said Penny Hutner, President/CEO of the Edgewood, N.Y., company. “We thank our business partners for their ongoing support as we are firmly committed…