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It’s a fact of foodservice life that wealthier households spend more eating out than others. The rule of thumb is half of foodservice spending is…

Just as nearly everyone expected, the federal government shutdown and debt-ceiling brinkmanship undercut consumer confidence. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index fell more…

Wholesale food prices fell 0.5% in September, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, while gasoline prices at the consumer level continued to…

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…