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There are plenty of reasons for chains to join the growing food truck trend. But before you jump in, consult code officials, plan your routes, menu and equipment and choose the right manufacturing partners.

Add Hermosa Beach to the list of more than 60 California cities that ban some form of polystyrene. Earlier this month, the Hermosa Beach City…

Word spreads fast in the age of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Information about a restaurant’s menu and its latest health-department inspection moves quickly, and a…

The National Restaurant Association has partnered in China with Ecolab to share best practices for food-safety training. Representatives from the two organizations recently traveled to…

The outlooks for growth of real gross domestic product the rest of this year and next fell again in the latest survey of 50 major…

Both wholesale food prices and menu prices rose again in July according to data from the Producer and Consumer Price Indexes maintained by the Bureau…

Local government bodies and school districts are facing serious fiscal challenges as local property tax receipts fell in both nominal and real terms during the…

Restaurant traffic growth slowed this spring, according to the latest data from The NPD Group’s CREST studies. Overall visits grew 1% in the March through…

The 100 largest U.S. foodservice equipment and supplies manufacturers saw their sales grow 6.4% last year, up from a 3.9% gain in ’10, as the…

The rate of growth in sales of foodservice equipment, supplies and furnishings slowed slightly to 3.6% in the second quarter 2012, according the MAFSI Barometer…