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As the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast in December, wholesale food prices overall are declining, although certain commodities, especially beef, remain at very high levels.…

One of the realities of the Great Recession and its aftermath were years of negative traffic counts and sluggish sales for full-service restaurants and chains.…

Updated restaurant unit data from CHD Expert shows independent operators continue to overwhelmingly dominate the full-service category. Of the 443,000 full-service units tallied by CHD…

Our friend Dean Landeche taught us long ago the correlation between gasoline price and restaurant sales trends. And while Joe Pawlak at Technomic Inc. says…

Just a week before buyers and exhibitors descend on Chicago for the annual NRA Show, a younger but growing foodservice and hospitality show will be…

Time to update your calendars. The

The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has elected its 2016 board of directors. Beginning their terms on Aug. 1 are: President-Elect: Julie Jones, director-nutrition services, The…

The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association unveiled the winners of its 2015 Silver Plate Awards earlier this month during its annual Chain Operator Exchange in Las…

Romano’s Macaroni Grill will be under new ownership by mid-April. Its parent company, Ignite Restaurant Group, has announced a definitive agreement to sell the chain…

Levy Acquisition Corp., the merger-minded offshoot of Chicago restaurateur Larry Levy, plans to acquire Del Taco Inc. for about $500 million, including debt, from its…