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Articles in March 26, 2007, issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• San Francisco operators mull 'strike' to protest labor mandates
  by Lisa Jennings
• Jennie-O
• Berry Plastics Corp
• NPD: dark of night a bright spot for QSRs that stay up late
  by Fern Glazer
• Applebee's launches agency review; looks for 'compelling' ads
• The Beef Checkoff
• Brakebush Bros
• Capt. D's vet Smith again is chain's marketing VP
• 2007 Ad
• Perdue Foodservice
• Morrison in branding deal with Weight Watchers
• Sweetie Pie's: Dellwood Mo
• Steak n Shake contest invites customers to design their own shakes
• Sweet Street desserts
• McCain Foods USA
• BK expands cost-cutting broilers, small 'ROC' units
• Tully's Coffee plans to go public in $50M offering of stock
• Alto-Shaam
• Mazzetta
• Wakey, wakey: N.C. doc doctors pastry with jolt of caffeine
  by Elissa Elan
• Wienerschniitzel brings pastrami back to the menu
• Novamex beverages
• 100 Taco Bells to test 'contactless' payment
• Inspection, sign scams spread as insurance fraud's cost totals $6.7m
  by Lisa Jennings
• AFC swings to 4th-Q profit on sales aided by extra week
• Oscar Mayer
• Operators benefit from FDA produce guide, but other food safety efforts are necessary
  by Alan J. Liddle
• Reel food
• Equal
• C&M Fine Pack
• Cosi taps ex-Outback CFO Merritt to be interim CEO
• Research professor's 'undercover' fast-food work yields HR lessons: author finds inconsistency in chains' unit-level management
  by Dina Berta
• Bunn
• Novice restaurateur sets the stage for a revival of Hamburger Hamlet brand
  by Lisa Jennings
• Guests give out brownie points for rebranding: chains say return on branding efforts nothing to frown at
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• Carrols enters $185M credit facility to fund growth, pay debt
• Employee tax credit programs keep your business from leaving money on the table
  by Beth Henricks
• Colgate-Palmolive
• S&D Coffee
• Jack in the Box adds 'Trio' sampler, kids' milk 'chug'
• Debt risks cloud outlook for share repurchase surge
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Vollrath
• Chili's founder Lavine to 'customize' a chain
  by Ron Ruggless
• Domino's doesn't meet goals of Dutch auction tender offer
• Guys battered, bruised after Waffle House girl-fight, car crash
  by Elissa Elan
• Cascades Tissue Group
• King & Prince Seafood
• Figaro's buys Sargo's, eyes menu synergies
• Fast feeders fill up menus with premium beef offerings: Angus, sirloin items join upgraded fare at major QSR players
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Meaty alternative: raccoon finds its way onto fund-raiser's menu
  by Elissa Elan
• Lamb Weston
• Dawn
• Analysts: new promos, lending woes may hurt dinnerhouses
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• The peaks of freshness: in the Southern Appalachians, chefs turn to local markets to give regional food a modern twist
  by Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan
• Happy Chef Uniforms
• BK inks Poland pact with local KFC, Pizza Hut group
• Duff Goldman speaks to CIA grads
• Waterbury Companies
• Sunkist
• Landry's tops SWRG offer but would keep NYC units
• Buca posts profit in 4th Q on strong sales, lower costs
• Green Zebra's nonalcoholic cocktail and food pairings let even teetotalers indulge
  by Gary Regan
• Blue Bunny
• Having words with Carolyn D. Richmond
  by Milford Prewitt
• McD expands espresso test to 531 Mich. units
• Good hospitality means making sure even the bothersome customers leave satisfied
  by Bret Thorn
• Hormel
• Unilever foodsolutions
• Rachael Ray can really cook, but let's see if she can sell for Dunkin' Donuts
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• A Day in the Life: lobbyists
  by Paul Frumkin
• Denny's: trans fats purged from oil; margarine is next
• Consumer scoreboard
• Calendar of events
• C.H. Guenther & Son
• NRN stock index
• Take your business elsewhere
• Wilbur Curtis
• Burke Corp
• Fla. may ban gift card fees following Darden-FTC flap