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The 50 economic forecasting groups polled monthly by Blue Chip Economic Indicators cut their forecast for real growth of 2014 gross domestic product in the…

Technomic Inc. has released its full 2014 Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report, and fast-casual chains once again led growth. Sales for Top 500 chains identified…

Led by strong rebounds in same-store sales and traffic, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index gained nearly a full point in March to reach…

Maybe the MAFSI reps have it right. They forecast E&S sales growth of 4.9% for 2014, the strongest predicted gain since they began the MAFSI…

In light of Darden’s recent sale of its giant Red Lobster concept to a private equity firm, casual dining continues to struggle, with traffic hitting…

A couple of research reports about food and foodservice caught our eye last week. The first, from Scott Hume of burgerbusiness.com, was an analysis of…

With first quarter 2014 results from EveryWare, the public company incorporating Anchor Hocking and Oneida now included, combined sales for the eight publicly reporting companies…

Among other economic news of relevance to foodservice and the foodservice equipment industry: Food prices rose again in April at both the wholesale and retail…

The U.S. economy added 217,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in May, the fourth consecutive month job gains have exceeded 200,000, according to the May employment report…

The most surprising aspect of restaurant traffic data for the first quarter 2014 from The NPD Group is that the brutal winter didn’t affect visits…