Nation's Restaurant News

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Articles in Dec 22, 2003, issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• McD Corp. to sell Donatos pizza concept to founder
• Triarc files shelf registration for $2 billion worth of securities
• Licata casts worldly eye on service
  by Amy Spector
• Dukes up: operators hit with misleading statistics could be KO'd by workers' health insurance law
  by Richard Berman
• What's hot in St. Louis
  by Carolyn Walkup
• 2003 Ad
  by Ron Ruggless
• Powerful merchandising program builds brand recognition and customer counts
• Zagat Survey names Kagan vice president, content
• C&M Fine Pack
• Starbucks elevates Alling to exec VP, operations
• Coral Gables, Fla., turns into red-hot culinary destination
  by Jack Hayes
• Dave & Busters books net loss as revenues drop in 3rd Q
• Ashley Agnew: Server, Thaifoon, Scottsdale, Ariz
• Thief with conscience comes clean with restaurateurs after 23 years
  by Paul King
• Yard House adds salad, sandwich and 'stack'
• In memoriam
• Sunkist "Juiced For You" foodservice sales kit now available
• Robot Coupe presents 2003 sales awards
• Pierce Chicken
• Judge in Baskin-Robbins suit rules against operator
• Nothing to sneeze at: chefs react to diners with food allergies, cook up easy-to-swallow alternative dishes
  by Carolyn Walkup
• IHOP ex-chairman Herzer dead at age 73
  by Amy Spector
• Panera Bread comps up 0.1% in Nov., seen flat to down in 4th Q
• Chicago-based Japonais' splashy Asian design is making waves
  by Lori Lohmeyer
• Did Pink ever work at the Villager restaurant in Iowa?
  by Paul King
• ACF to move headquarters
• Food lovers taste and learn at Kohler Food & Wine experience
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Washington potatoes
• FoodHandler
• Winston Industries
• Take Home the Bread inks Panera development pact
• Yum! tastes int'l, success; plans Long John's growth
  by Amy Garber
• Fresh City debuts fresh look with new prototype; eyes franchising
  by Paul Frumkin
• Rock Bottom chains plan food-based marketing push in '04
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• Keeping employees happy pays off
  by Dina Berta
• Harsh Islamic rules cause Iranian eateries to begin 'carding' diners
  by Paul King
• Product-rating company names chef board members
• Season's restaurant
• 2004 Ad
• Colgate-Palmolive's new name emphasizes customer focus
• Smithfield Innovation
• McCain
• Cheesecake Factory launches largest store
• British-, Irish-style pubs in the swim this side of the pond
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Read all about it
• Spinazzola Foundation adds Blue Hills High to apprentice program
• Cappuccino & Tattoo
  by Paul King
• Manchu Wok adds chicken-and-shrimp dish
• Morning "coffee" on our family plantation
• 2004 Ad
• Vita-Mix
• Tampa Maid
• McD promotes Cole to Sr. VP, CFO position
• $300k State Dept. grant to fund Cal Poly-Russia hospitality program
  by Dina Berta
• Consumer confidence, restaurant guest counts rise in October
  by Malcolm M. Knapp
• Blimpie to sponsor conference on low-carb food marketing
• NRAEF to offer 3rd edition of ServSafe course book
• Reel food
  by Paul King
• Wish restaurant
• Eagle introduces new antimicrobial wire & polymer shelving systems
• Schwan's execs celebrate new digs
• Mrs. Smith's
• Hormel
• Wolfgang Puck may align with Compass Group PLC
• Operators not very merry over fine foods' fortunes: weather, politics and species endangerment increase prices
  by Milford Prewitt
• NRN stock index
• Buffalo's Southwest Cafe rolls out gift card in Atlanta
• Logan's Roadhouse Inc
• Lauro Kitchen, Portland, Ore
  by Alan J. Liddle
• Oasis South Beach
• Brushpicks®—the World's Best Toothpicks™
• Swander to step down as Intl. Multifoods president
• Wilbur Curtis
• General Mills
• Wright named president, chief exec of Pat & Oscar's
• Lone Star offers plan to buy Texas Land & Cattle
• CKE 3rd-Q operating income up on Hardee's, Carl's Jr. sales gains
• KFC kids meal promotion offers trip to Florida
• Oregon Restaurant Association Education Foundation
• Turning the tables: your best dinner guests may have served you in the past
  by Pamela Parseghian