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Articles in Feb 12, 2007, issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• Compass: exec pay to be linked to performance
• Nestle
• Unilever Foodsolutions
• Most freqeuntly ordered foods at restaurants
• Applebee's January same-store sales drop 5.8% systemwide
• Fred's Restaurant Sarasota, Fla
  by Mark Brandau
• Sugar Foods
• Burger king poised to test various trans-fat-free oils
• Having words with Dave Black: executive vice president, operations, Marco's Pizza
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Ethics reform takes bite out of lobbyists' restaurant spending
  by Paul Frumkin
• Fredrica Thode, Hot Dog on a Stick CEO, dies at 64
• Berry Plastics Corp
• Bunge
• Restaurants targeted by ID theft lawsuits: chains are accused of breaking new law against printing charge card data on receipts
  by Milford Prewitt
• Red lobster, olive garden comps up, but traffic declines
• Spain's traditional smoked paprika now gives kick and color to a variety of cuisines
  by Florence Fabricant
• ACH Food Cos
• Chicago McD units halt wireless music-video tests
• In Colorado, weather-weary operators and diners want snow days to go away
  by Dina Berta
• Rise of high-end bakery-cafes in L.A. shows bread is back on the West Coast
  by Lisa Jennings
• Ryan's acquisition takes buffets' 2nd-Q net loss to $34.9m
• Pizza Hut reintroduces Cheesy Bites Pizza
• Mrs. Friday's
• Snack attacks yield incremental sales for QSRs: growing trend feeds fast-food cravings for small, portable items
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Helping guests help themselves: information systems professionals discuss ways operators can leverage self-service technology to efficiently deploy staff and improve customer service and satisfaction
  by Richard Martin
• Hormel
• Boston Pizza promotes MacDonald to president
• It's showtime for Showcolate and other chocolate-focused concepts
  by Ron Ruggless
• Preventative marketing tune-ups keep business running smoothly and current customers happy
  by Jim Sullivan
• Piedmont's unique reds differentiate themselves from an increasingly homogenous pack
  by Mary EwingMulligan
• Equal
• Garden Fresh provides an online supplemental wellness program for employees, soon will offer it to customers
  by Dina Berta
• Dinnerhouse sales saw small boost from mild weather in Dec
  by Malcolm M. Knapp
• Tyson
• Carlson taps McD, Coke vet for consumer insights
• For the record
• Chart conference to focus on training
• Why Aramark entered the online services biz
  by Alan J. Liddle
• Red Robin gives $89k in scholarships
• Lamb Weston
• Bunn
• Enodis
• III. Rest. Assn. seeks new chief as McShane exits
• Dinnerhouse chains slow to reach out to Hispanic diners, industry experts say
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• NRN launches overhauled, continuously updated website
• Firehouse recognizes hot performers
• S&D Coffee
• Nice-Pak Products
• Joe's Crab Shack adds more salads, sandwiches
• Rich's
• Procter & Gamble
• Aramark names Nice f&b VP for sports, entertain't
• S.F. burdens operators with costly labor spikes: $9.14 wage, sick pay, health funding pose 3-way squeeze
  by Dina Berta
• OSI details $3.63B buyout; shareholder says deal 'unfair'
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Tune in to DSR radio for candid talk, sales secrets
  by Caroline Perkins
• DayMark
• Political responses aside, Pizza Patron's peso promotion transcends marketing boundaries
  by Paul Frumkin
• Wilbur Curtis
• Alto-Shaam
• Papa John's domestic ops chief Cortino quits
• NRN stock index
• Diners may diet less, but operators still push healthful options
  by Fern Glazer
• Wendy's to add breakfast at up to 2,000 units in '07
• Former colleague: NRN copy editor will be greatly missed
  by Rick Van Warner
• 'Food Lover's Companion' author Sharon Tyler Herbst dies
• Vita-Mix®
• Bush's
• Marzetti
• Ruth's Chris seeks VP of marketing as Lavely exits
• Mich. mulls mandatory trans-fat menu labeling
• Starbucks 1st-Q net increases on record revs, unit openings
• Wendy's reveals terms of Anderson's salary, bonus
• S&D Coffee
• Direct mail can be an invitation to success
  by Melissa Fisher
• Sweet Street Desserts
• San Jamar
• Vollrath
• Las Vegas Buffalo's SW Care group buys franchisor
• Va. may waive no-smoking section rule via postings
• Burger King 2nd-Q net jumps 41%; revenues hit $559M