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The NPD Group has some interesting insights on how the increase in wholesale food prices may not only affect the actions of food retailers and…

Our friend Peter Backman, principal at Horizons for Success, the London-based research firm, sent us his review of foodservice in the United Kingdom in 2010…

The NPD Group said the number of U.S. restaurants fell 5,551 in net terms, or less than 1%, for the year ending September 30, 2010,…

The snow on the East Coast is goofing up everyone’s schedule. The National Restaurant Association will now release its annual forecast of the restaurant industry…

Rising food and gasoline prices are continuing to worry operators. McDonald’s last week said it may have to raise some prices to cover the increase…

At a time when there is some debate on how adjustments should be made to equipment– including point-of-sale systems–under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the…

Just to clear the air, restaurants in California are safe under a Jan. 1 regulation that minimizes refrigerant leaks. The new state regulation, known as…