Nation's Restaurant News

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Articles in April 16, 2007, issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• Consumer scorecard
• Perkins & Marie Callender's narrows its losses in 2006
• White Castle bundles meals for families, friends to share
• Sausage seller can't duck fine after busting foie gras ban
  by Elissa Elan
• Anthos
  by Bret Thorn
• Turner Fisheries
• Hoshizaki America Inc
• Colgate Palmolive
• Cold Stone to franchise V's Barbershop as 2nd brand
• Shutdown of Souplantation after E. coli linkage illustrates variability of closures
  by Lisa Jennings
• NRN stock index
• Equipment adds freshness, flash to Vegas buffet
  by James Scarpa
• Boston's The Gourmet Pizza revamps menu after year of testing
• Reel food
• L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon
  by Bret Thorn
• Brooke Mosley
• Boston Beer Co
• Equal
• Quiznos taps Papa John's vet Emmett as legal chief
• CKE to repurchase hedge fund's 6.1% stake for $77.3m
• Cargill
• Denny's Starnes: strict food safety requires the right tools
  by James Scarpa
• Marketing miscellany …
• Shoney's: Wendy's vet, 5 more form 'dream team'
• Gordon Ramsay
  by Bret Thorn
• Sweet Lowdown
• Earth Alive
• Starbucks names NCR's Bocian new finance chief
• Contract health care feeder Davenport joins Horizon
• Jennie-O
• Delfield introduces E-Chef modular chef counters
• Bruegger's deals with MegaPath for networking services
• China wage probe targets KFC, Pizza Hut and McD
• The Little Owl
  by Bret Thorn
• Mentoring the next generation: growing number of female execs guide these just starting out through the maze of an industry still dominated by men
  by Dina Berta
• Whole Harvest
• Having words with Jane Sumner: vice president of sales, PepsiCo Foodservice incoming chair, Women's Foodservice Forum
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• McD's Alvarez works to keep industry's biggest chain on the rise
  by Amy Garber
• Seoul Food
  by Elissa Elan
• Bagel brands seek whole new image with fast-casual makeovers
  by Carolyn Walkup
• SEC OKs plan to relax stiff Sarbanes-Oxley audit rules
• Restaurants look to play their gift cards right; disputed 'dormancy' fees at issue in FTC-Darden settlement
  by Ron Ruggless
• Vulcan-Hart honors Posternak Bauer as 2006 Rep of the year
• Buca Inc. picks Eatec inventory management tool
• BK franchisee sues Fifth Avenue landlord over rats
• Morandi
  by Bret Thorn
• Lamb Weston
• Sizzler nabs CKE's Baldwin for menu development
• N.J. to judge the legitimacy of witnesses recruited via ads in Aramark alcohol case
  by Elissa Elan
• Casual sector's comps still lag behind quick-service competition; dinnerhouses blame weather as QSRs build on new menu items
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Weary roadrunner: coyote chills out in chi-town Quiznos cooler
  by Elissa Elan
• Fetco launches updated website for enhanced support
• Yum, McD taking union, wage-hour heat in China
• Contractor Bon Appetit rolls trans-fat-free menu
  by Elissa Elan
• Oneida, Waterford Wedgwood partner for global marketing initiative
• Lawson: Jack in the Box automating HR processes
• Papa John's names Scott VP of international mktg
• Food & Wine names 2007 class of Best New Chefs
• The Beef Checkoff
• Ex-Outback prexy again is Mexican Restaurants CEO
• Developers recruit big-name operators for high-dollar deals
  by Milford Prewitt
• Four Seasons Hotel
• Science and safety can enhance chefs' offerings
  by Gary Bensky
• Air Force's star feeders feted, wooed by execs from talent-hungry industry
  by Alan J. Liddle
• Vollrath honors sales staffers with company's top honors
• Boston Pizza picks SpeedLine for call center software
• Wendy's launches chicken salad Frescata sandwich
• Checkers, Rally's add Southwestern sandwiches
• SoBe
• Papa John's signs Pizza Hut vet Walker for R&D
• Jimmy Carter helps broker McD-farmworker pay truce
• Varietal
• Operators sniff out equipment solutions to eliminate odors
  by Foster Frable, Jr.
• For the record
• Well-planned promotions keep chains' baseball sponsorships from striking out
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• Letter grading for restaurants in New York could set legislative curve for other states
  by Paul Frumkin
• Chefs make no bones about lamb ribs: diners don't shy away from this uncommon, flavorful cut as an entree or appetizer
  by Dina Berta
• Olive Garden launches crusted chicken entree
• Kraft Foodservice
• Damon's taps Wendy's vet Jackson as new CFO