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January 5, 2015
Thirty-Two Red Robin Stores Back In Corporate Nest
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, in the midst of an internal restructuring, has completed its acquisition of 32 franchised units in the U.S. and Canada. The 14 U.S. restaurants are located in Illinois, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Eighteen Canadian restaurants are located in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The company plans to…
January 5, 2015
RepsSouth Merges With The Hansen Group
Two notable Southeast-based manufacturers’ reps, The Hansen Group and RepsSouth, have merged under the banner of Atlanta’s The Hansen Group, to establish one of the industry’s largest rep firms. “RepsSouth has been recognized and respected as one of the top firms in our business. This alliance further establishes The Hansen Group as one of the…
January 5, 2015
Smallwares Alert: Focus Foodservice Allies With Update Int’l., Johnson-Rose
Centre Lane Partners, holding company of Focus Foodservice, has acquired two leading smallwares suppliers: Update Int’l. and the U.S. and Canadian operations of Johnson-Rose Inc. Both businesses are now affiliates of Focus, a leading supplier of bakeware, beverage, storage and handling equipment as well as assorted smallwares. Los Angeles-based Update has been manufacturing smallwares and…
January 5, 2015
Only the U.K And China Post Third-Quarter Traffic Gains, Reports NPD
“Glorious” fall weather helped drive a 2% gain in restaurant traffic in the third quarter in the United Kingdom vs. the year earlier third quarter, but traffic was flat or negative in nearly all of the other markets tracked by The NPD Group’s global foodservice practice during the quarter ended September. Traffic was negative in…
January 5, 2015
Breakfast Restaurant Visits Rose 3% In 2013 As Lunch And Supper Traffic Fell
Visits to restaurants during breakfast now account for 21% of all restaurant occasions, according to CREST data from The NPD Group, which released meal-period traffic breakdowns for 2013 on March 11. Breakfast visits jumped 3% last year, the third consecutive year of gains for the meal period, to more than 12.5 billion occasions. In comparison,…
January 5, 2015
Fast-Casual Chains Continue To Drive Growth In Technomic 500
Technomic Inc. has released its full 2014 Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report, and fast-casual chains once again led growth. Sales for Top 500 chains identified as fast casual increased sales 11% in 2013 on a nearly 8% gain in net units. Market leaders Panera Bread, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Panda Express posted sales gains of…
January 5, 2015
Last Chance To Register For FER’s E&S Forecast Meeting
You only have a few more days to register for Foodservice Equipment Reports annual E&S Market Forecast President’s Preview. The meeting is set for July 29 at the Westin O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. This unique one-day event for manufacturers, operators, dealers and others in the industry offers an in-depth look at the foodservice equipment…
January 5, 2015
Traffic Was Flat In Second Quarter, NPD Reports
Restaurant visits were flat in the second quarter compared with the same quarter in 2013, the NPD Group has reported. Still, the performance represents improvement following 1% traffic declines in the fourth quarter 2014 and the first quarter this year. Chain restaurants continued to take share from independents, the data show. Visits to major chains,…
January 5, 2015
Consumers Remain Cautious About Spending, NRA Study Finds
Despite an improving jobs picture, falling gasoline prices and rising consumer confidence, consumers remain cautious about spending, a new study from the National Restaurant Association reveals. The research found that nearly six of 10 consumers still describe their household finances as either fair or poor, a figure essentially unchanged since 2010. Further, the study showed…
January 5, 2015
Who Knew? Dept.: NYC Makes It Legal For Restaurants To Fill Water Glasses
Late-night comedians like to dig up and mock antiquated rules and laws that local governments never knew about. They, and everyone else, missed this one in New York, where a local regulation that bans the serving of drinking water unless requested has been flouted so routinely that when its repeal goes into effect this month…
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