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The monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics surprised nearly everyone Nov. 8, citing an addition of 204,000 jobs in October. The BLS…

Given that the September survey for the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index was conducted during the partial federal-government shutdown and debt-ceiling fight, the slight…

Third-quarter revenue growth by the seven publicly reporting foodservice equipment and supplies companies were a very mixed bag, according to data compiled by John Muldowney,…

Poor weather and continuing economic malaise in Europe pushed the number of restaurant visits lower in the second quarter of 2013 in most of the…

The two major indicators of consumer confidence reported mixed results in their final August indexes, though both remain at levels not seen since the beginning…

Foodservice operator growth in the United States has slowed during 2013, according to the latest forecasts from Chicago-based Technomic Inc. But the research firm foresees…

The pace of economic growth should pick up in most of the world’s economies next year, according to the latest consensus forecasts from 50 major…

Everyone snacks, but not everyone does it the same way. A new study of consumer between-meal eating and drinking patterns analyzes the differences in five…

Among other economic recent data pertinent to foodservice and foodservice equipment and supplies: Blue Chip Economic Indicators consensus forecasts, released late this month because of…

Food prices at the wholesale level rose for the fifth month in the last six, according to October data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics…