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Wholesale food prices rose slightly, up 0.3% at the final demand level in November, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

Wholesale food prices rose slightly, up 0.3% at the final demand level in November, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

Gasoline prices sank below the $2 a gallon average over the New Year’s weekend and the outlook for 2016, according to AAA, is for another…

Visits to restaurants grew 1% in 2015, and finally regained the traffic lost during the long foodservice recession, according to data from The NPD Group’s…

A pronounced softening in current same-store sales and traffic helped push the

After six years of the federal minimum wage holding steady at $7.25 an hour, 14 states and several cities are moving forward in 2016 with…

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is considering whether to regulate restaurants that use wood-fire cooking techniques. Although charbroiler emissions contribute only a…

Wolters-Althoff Investments, LLC closed on January 1 its previously announced acquisition of and Gill Ashton Publishing, LLC. WAI, based in Chicago, is the private equity…

Newk’s Eatery, the 85-unit fast-casual chain, is testing a new design prototype to underscore its upscale culinary ambitions with a fresh, trendy look. The “Generation…

The Middleby Corp. has acquired privately held Lynx Grills, a Downey, Calif., maker of luxury grills and custom outdoor kitchen products for the consumer market.…