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Articles in June 25, 2007, issue of Nation's Restaurant News
- Steak n Shake hires Omar Janjua as operations chief
- Landry's posts 1st-Q revenue gain but flat same-store sales
- Chicken and apple salad debuts at Donatos
- Sandwich chains ranked by growth in U.S. systemwide sales
- Ted's in Naperville, Ill., donates $6,000 to charities
- Diners of all ages feel at home in Sherlockian pub concepts
by Gregg Cebrzynski - Sodexho to team up with TV's 'too hot tamales'
- FTC: fewer kids' food ads, but more on kids' shows
- Alphabetic index of top 100 chains
- Chicken chains hatch plans to battle the effects of margin-busting gas, commodity and labor costs
by Paul Frumkin - Time to howl: Caioti Pizza Cafe turns 20
by Steve Coomes - 2007 Ad
- Arby's: supplier-restaurant trans-fat purge a QSR first
- Starbucks to pay $85K to settle EEOC's ADA suit
- Soy oil prices continue to climb with demand for energy
by John T. Barone - Avocado producers seek recipes in contest
- Pizza Hut upgrades online ordering, revamps website
- Kansas restaurateurs come together to help tornado-battered Greensburg
- Fado Irish pubs take some off the top for charity
- Before getting sick over paid-leave bills, operators should first consider the benefits
by Robin Lee Allen - Top 100 companies ranked by growth in U.S. foodservice revenue
- Sandwich chains ranked by number of U.S. units
- Hotel segment battles travel slump by reaching out to leisure travelers and partnering with top chefs
by Ron Ruggless - Texans ready to show state is a whole other wine country
by Molly Gise - Restaurants Unltd. to buy Pacific Coast Restaurants
- Fuddruckers franchisee Flannery becomes its COO
- New Orleans-style restaurant Heaven on Seven in Chicago has debuted "Muffaletta Mondays" at its Wabash Avenue location
- Demand for vegetarian dining continues to grow
by Amy Joy Lanou - Specialty shows to co-locate with IH/M&RS
- Jack in the Box upgrades salads' lettuces, boxes
- Top 100 chains ranked by growth in U.S. systemwide sales
- Sandwich chains ranked by growth in number of U.S. units
- U.S. the only market where QSRs dominate dining-out dollar
- Checkers gives car to Iraq war Vietnam
- ASHFSA turns 40: health care foodservice group takes stock of trends, looks to future at confab
by Elissa Elan - Buffet segment players attract guests by upgrading offerings while maintaining a reputation for value
by Lisa Jennings - The Food Group promotes CIA grad Mark Cotter to president, CEO posts
- DQ to standardize hot dogs via $2-item intro
- Having words with Herman Cain former president and chief executive, National Restaurant Association
by Milford Prewitt - Expansion expected for Back Yard Burgers after buyout
by Catherine R. Cobb - Seven business fundamentals for combating high prices and soaring costs in tough economic times
by Jim Sullivan - Chefs get pumped about mussels: adaptable mollusk pairs well with a variety of ingredients from chorizo to curry
by Carolyn Walkup - Sydney Frey, the former pastry chef of Buddakan in Philadelphia, is now pastry chef of 26brix Restaurant in Walla Walla, Wash
- Pollos Del Centro obtains Church's rights for Denver
- Top 100 chains ranked by estimated sales per unit
- Chicago's female chefs team up to fight hunger
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson: Basketball star, Sodexho USA team up to bring fresh concepts to urban institutions
by Elissa Elan - Sandwich chains ranked by estimated sales per unit
- Casual-dining chains work to solve the quality-value equation as fast-casual, QSR competition intensifies
by Sarah E. Lockyer - Shoes For Crews gets ready for prime time with 'Hell's Kitchen' product placement deal
- State restaurant assoc. sues NYC over calorie law
- Can burgers get any bigger? Owners of new upmarket restaurants think so
by Paul Frumkin - Class-action status denied in credit card ID theft suits
by Milford Prewitt - The Art Institute of Atlanta launches food and beverages degree programs
- Karatassos grows company nationally on his own terms
by Catherine R. Cobb - Buddakan
- Quiznos rolls out Baja Chicken sub with cilantro
- McDonald's award-winning ads show that it's more important to sell a product than to dazzle a judge
by Gregg Cebrzynski - Parkhurst dining to recycle fryer oil, use as biodiesel fuel
- Top 100 chains ranked by growth in est. sales per unit
- Sandwich chains ranked by top 100 market share
- Urbana lets fictional proprietor's design vision take over
by Elizabeth Licata - Taco Bueno honors two vendors
- Jamba to launch breakfast tests of 'chunky smoothie'
- Vintage Hotels gains 360 degree view of guest at every touch point with maestro enterprise suite
by H. Rae Gibbons - Culinary schools grow efforts to boost Hispanic enrollment
by Dina Berta - Packert: people with disabilities an overlooked resource
by Dina Berta - Seasonal strawberries sweeten summer dessert menus in traditional and edgy dishes
by Florence Fabricant - Qdoba Mexican Grill rolls out Chicken Mango Salad
- Top 100 chains ranked by latest-year total number of U.S. units
- New treats keep snack pack leaders out in front of growing threat from quick-service competitors
by Dina Berta - Growing Southern Calif. concepts step into new markets
by Lisa Jennings - Quiznos sub awards creative duties to cliff Freeman and partners
- SushiSamba
- Village Tavern
- 22nd annual Elliot Leadership confab draws industry execs
- Tijuana Flats renews agreement with Coke
- Starbucks nixes soda line to offer more lunch items
- Automating paradise: Margaritaville advances its purchasing, inventory control and more with EatecNetX
- Top chains' sales growth lags prior-year results: amid consumer cutbacks, major brands see sales decreases and slow new-unit expansion
by Allan J. Liddle