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Articles in Jan 7, 2008, issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• Outlook 2008: New England
  by Elissa Elan
• C.H. Guenther
• Dairy Queen group debuts text-message couponing
• Granite City brewpubs get $16m for 7-unit expansion
• Outlook 2008: Southwest-Mountain
  by Ron Ruggless
• Wingstop chain rolls out high-ticket Web ordering
• Federal judge voids S.F.'s mandate for insurance plan
• Bob Evans hires KFC vet Billinger to head Mimi's
• Panera's Shaich, 2 others take Yanofsky's prexy role
• Calendar
• Cardinal International
• 4-unit Redstone chain gets $25.6m for new expansion
• Brewpub founder Biersch readies Hopmonk Tavern
• Outlook 2008: West
  by Lisa Jennings
• T.G.I Friday's parent sells cruise line for hotel focus
• Domino's revives 30-min. delivery, but not guarantee
• El Pollo Loco gets $45m in Freeman Spogli equity deal
• NRN'S financial scorecard
• Lamb Weston
• Sweet Street Desserts
• Having words with: Malcolm M. Knapp
  by Paul Frumkin
• New and improved Nation's Restaurant News rings in 2008 by raising the bar on industry coverage
  by Ellen Koteff
• Growing sector caters to tired industry vets: chefs, restaurateurs cite long hours, competitive pressures in switching to catering
  by Milford Prewitt
• Reader: offensive language should stay off product labels
  by Bill Craft
• Consumer scorecard
• Burger King's ads target women and minorities in bid to recruit new suppliers and franchisees
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• Tyson
• Sugar Foods Corp
• At the dawn of a challenging new year, resolve to go after the youth market
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Health activists overlook deadly effects of sitting
  by Richard Berman
• VitroRobertson replaces McCann Erickson as IHOP creative agency
• ZPizza franchisor inks offshore deal for Middle East
• Wendy's, BK take on McD in double-cheese battle
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• Check photo IDs before leaving
• Coca-Cola Co
• ACH Food Companies
• Ill. operators now risk fines for no-smoking infractions
• Darden vet teams up to develop lifestyle centers
• Eavesdropping offers an eye-opening look at what consumers think about food
  by Pamela Parseghian
• UWink prototype clears $2m in first-year sales, adds pay-at-table features
  by Alan J. Liddle
• Daphne's gears up for franchising with focus on simplicity
  by Louise Kramer
• Tree Top
• Bush's
• Buca, in financial slump, considers company sale
• Cibo
  by Bret Thorn
• From the Martinez to vodka in a glass, the history of the martini stirs interest
  by Stephen Beaumont
• Layoffs at Dagwood's headquarters leave operators, developers in the dark
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Three Forks
  by Bret Thorn
• Unilever
• New AFC shift: COO Lyons exits amid KFC-vet arrivals
• New Calif. gift card law requires cash redemptions
• Jasper's
  by Bret Thorn
• Smoked lamb belly with corn budino: Bank Lane Bistro, Lake Forest, Ill
• La Madeleine: J. Rockets vet Shumsky is new CEO
• Uchi
  by Bret Thorn
• Hormel
• Yum: Eaton to take Hearl's COO, development duties
• Andrew Jordan picked to head marketing for T.G.I. Friday's
• Focusing on key Asian components helps create accessible dishes with exotic flair
  by Nancy Kruse
• Starlite
  by Bret Thorn
• Yum studies McD's strengths in bid to boost U.S. sales: parent of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell to curtail co-branding, consider adopting rival's strategies
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Slow traffic, declining sales push major industry players to lower expectations
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Outlook 2008: Mid-Atlantic
  by Milford Prewitt
• The Beef Checkoff
• Jersey Mike's: Domino's vet Jones is new president
  by Jersey Mike's
• NPD: operators prepare for another difficult year in 2008
  by Fern Glazer
• High-costs, consumer cutbacks portend '08 woes
• Spicing up a slow season: chefs across North America offer succulent deals to fill seats in January
  by Mary Caldwell
• High labor and commodity costs, tight-fisted consumers portend a tough year
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• NRN stock index and other selected indices
• Outlook 2008: Midwest
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Ventura
• Calif. Assembly OKs $14b health reform, possible tax
• Dunkin' in multistate pact for Hess gas station units
• Outlook 2008: Southeast
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Red Robin to reward vacation to 'most amazing' lovers
• Activist investor Peltz's Cheesecake stake could mean changes for chain
  by Lisa Jennings
• New immigration law could shut down Ariz. operators
• Fishery Products