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March 1, 2016
The NPD Group Foodservice Summit Set For Chicago Next Month
The NPD Group will host its 2016 Foodservice Summit April 6-7 in Chicago. This year’s theme is “The Path To Consumption: How Customers Choose.” Summit topics will address how consumers decide whether to eat away from home rather than at home; what motivates consumers’ decisions about where and what to eat; and how they choose…
March 1, 2016
Hard Rock Café Keeps Rolling
Rock and roll will never die, if you measure it by the unit growth at the 45-year-old Orlando, Fla.-based Hard Rock Café. The chain added 21 stores last year, expanding from 145 to 166 locations and entering two new states—Arkansas and Minnesota—and eleven countries: Austria, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Greece, Kazakhstan, Laos, Montenegro, Nigeria,…
March 1, 2016
U.S. Restaurant Counts Fall For Second Consecutive Year
We often say the restaurant market in the U.S. is “mature.” The NPD Group’s foodservice research practice, based in Rosemont, Ill., released restaurant unit-count data February 24 that clearly supports that characterization. For the second year in a row, the number of total restaurants in the U.S. fell, in spite of 2015 being the best…
March 1, 2016
NRA’s Performance Index Rebounded In January, Cap-Ex Measures Spiked
As we suspected, the sharp drops in equities prices in January spooked operators who responded to the National Restaurant Association’s December Restaurant Performance Index in January. (The survey is conducted the month following about the prior month.) The RPI bounced back in January, led by strong upticks in the survey’s two capital spending indicators. The…
March 1, 2016
A Towering Difference
A new kitchen and retail café have boosted sales and satisfaction scores at this California hospital.
March 1, 2016
New Roots For LYFE Kitchen
The “healthy food-centered” LYFE Kitchen chain kicked off the year with its 18th grand opening. The new unit in Playa Vista, Calif., the chain’s seventh location in the state, makes Southern California its largest geographical market. LYFE Kitchen’s menu offers only dishes with fewer than 600 calories and 1,000 mg of sodium. Since the chain…
March 1, 2016
Food Shield Evolution
Food shields have evolved from bulky, institutional-looking structures into airy, attractive and adjustable models. Turn here to learn the latest in types of shields, mounting options and equipment add-ons.
March 1, 2016
Industry Giants To Gather At 25th Edition Of Hotelex Shanghai
Hotelex & Expo FineFood Shanghai 2016 calls itself one of Asia’s largest hospitality and catering trade shows, and with an overall exhibition area covering more than two million square feet, that is certainly true. The show will mark its 25th year when it opens March 29-April 1 in the Shanghai New International Expo Center in…
March 1, 2016
Unified Brands Promotes Wernette To Chain Accounts Sales Manager
Jim Wernette has been tapped as the new Chain Account Sales Manager at Unified Brands. Wernette has been with the Conyers, Ga., company since 1993, garnering experience with their manufacturing, customer service and design engineering teams. He most recently served as design support manager for Groen and Randell. Wernette will now concentrate on growth in…
March 1, 2016
Remembering Bob Raymond, And Why It’s Important
Bob Raymond Costantini's influence on the E&S business continues to this very day.
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