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Articles in April 9, 2007, issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• Expanding California chains defy bar-and-grill slowdown
  by Lisa Jennings
• Domino's program delivers ownership dream to 3 minority employees
• BK grants development rights for Hong Kong, Macau
• Wine of the week
• Novamex Beverages
• King & Prince Seafood
• Benihana CEO cedes presidency to Garcia
• Rubio's 4th-Q loss doubles on lawsuit charge; revs up 19.8%
• Reel food
• CKE points to year-ago tax gain for 92.7% drop in 4th-Q profit
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Long John Silver's rolls out Hispanic-focused ads
• Compass: results to exceed projections: stock price climbs following the announcement and speculations of a takeover
  by Elissa Elan
• Starwood chair Duncan replaces CEO Heyer
• Sheraton hotel launches contest to name new restaurant
• McDonald's recognizes top 1 percent of general managers at awards gala
• Corona beans loom large on fine-dining menus: rich, ivory-colored beans are the crowning ingredient in many crowd-pleasing items
  by Lisa Jennings
• Long Range Systems
• McCain
• Acquisition costs eat into Pizza Hut franchisee's profits
• Culinary Institute professors share award for Wine Educators of the Year
• Organic To Go acquires Jackrabbit catering firm
• Simon Dobson: managing director helps DNC establish big presence at two of England's largest stadiums
  by Amanda Mosle Friedman
• Colgate-Palmolive
• Happy Chef Uniforms
• Illinois Senate OKs bill for statewide ban on smoking
• Restaurants to mark sale of 50,000th order of Lobster Mac and Cheese
• School nutrition advocates find path to change marked by exhilaration and frustration
  by Donna Boss
• Cracker Barrel's March comps fall on harsh winter weather
• Bombay Talkie retains employees by rewarding performance
  by Dina Berta
• Burger King, Wolfgang Puck defy labeling as naive capitulators to 'food police' activists
  by Richard Martin
• Simplot
• Dave & Buster's promotes strategy boss to president
• Burger King hatches its own humane-sourcing plan: chain follows Puck in buying eggs, pork from no-cage sources
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Insist that your servers and managers use more than 'suggestive selling' to build sales and profits
  by Jim Sullivan
• Food to drink by cuisines of wine and sake regions
• Marzetti
• Unilever Foodsolutions
• After NYC rat flap, state lawmaker eyes public posting of letter grades
  by Paul Frumkin
• And now a definitive statement on the future of marketing and media: who really knows?
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• John Baugh's legacy of innovation lives on at Sysco
  by Caroline Perkins
• Critical condition: industry must stop the spread of unfair health care reform
  by Jot Condie
• Huhtamaki
• Vollrath
• Chain reps call for more E. coli tests on produce: operators at Taco Bell-sponsored NRA confab bemoan sluggish pace of safety reforms
  by Alan J. Liddle
• Sun grows portfolio with Restaurants Unlimited buy
• U.S. Foodservice 4th-q sales up 5.1%
• Alto-Shaam
• Lamb Weston
• Pa. operators blast Gov. Rendell's health tax plan
• Bova Ristorante's new lunch program lets diners eat at their own pace
• Daniel Humm partners with distributors around the globe
  by Caroline Perkins
• Britain's 'big mac' has a bone to pick with McD
  by Elissa Elan
• Hoshizaki America
• The Beef Checkoff
• Avery takes back Outback reins as Glowacki resigns
• NYC acquiring guest tabs to monitor calorie habits
• Sysco sales increase 7.5% in 2nd q
• Genpak
• Hormel
• Bubba Gump inks pact for Persian Gulf outposts
• ProAct names Jantschke food safety director
• Noodle stand curries no favor by serving rat in a pot
  by Elissa Elan
• Sweet Street Desserts
• Bunn
• Mazzetta
• Poland franchisee of BK, Yum signs with Starbucks
• Consumer scorecard
• Ex-SEC chief Breeden blames boards for spate of private-equity buyouts
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Togo's to support new salad wraps with three TV spots, redesigned logo
• Edward Don opens new Midwest sales office
• J&J Snack Foods
• Reopening restaurants the next hurdle for operators closed by NYC inspectors
  by Milford Prewitt
• Ind. White Castle branches launch Buffalo Chicken Bites in LTO promo
• Alex Cheswick puts his twist on the neighborhood restaurant
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• Equal
• Vita-Mix
• Brazilian QSR heavyweight nabs KFC franchise rights
• NRN stock index
• Calendar of events
• Avado recruits ex-Cosi purchasing VP for R&D