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Dunkin' Donuts launches mobile app
Quick-service snack chain Dunkin’ Donuts launched a mobile application Thursday morning for Apple and Android smartphones that will enable customers to pay for transactions and send virtual gift cards...
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5 ways to improve drive-thru accuracy
This video post is part of Sullivision on NRN.com, a resource center for restaurants looking for service, leadership and sales-building techniques from industry expert and NRN columnist Jim Sullivan....
View ArticleCoffee futures to remain volatile
In this weekly Commodities Watch column, John T. Barone, president and commodities analyst for Market Vision Inc., offers a snapshot of the state of commodities for restaurants. With a large Brazilian...
View ArticleSmashburger names Brett Willis SVP of franchise sales
Smashburger has named Brett Willis as its new senior vice president of franchise sales, the Denver, Colo.-based company said on Monday. In his new role, Willis will lead franchise recruitment...
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International Top 25: Top regional chains
This article is part of NRN's first International Top 25 special report, a ranking of the 25 largest restaurant chains and companies, by worldwide sales, with headquarters outside of the U.S. and...
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Shedding light on the Eastern European restaurant market
This article is part of NRN's first International Top 25 special report, a ranking of the 25 largest restaurant chains and companies, by worldwide sales, with headquarters outside of the U.S. and...
View ArticleCaribou Coffee inks on-site deal with Jewel grocery chain
Minneapolis-based Caribou Coffee has begun an on-site growth strategy in one of its core markets by partnering with Jewel-Osco, one of the largest grocery store chains in the Chicago area. Caribou...
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International Top 25: Comparing worldwide sales
This article is part of NRN's first International Top 25 special report, a ranking of the 25 largest restaurant chains and companies, by worldwide sales, with headquarters outside of the U.S. and...
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Restaurant traffic drops, but consumers resist trading down
RELATED • Casual-dining chains build momentum • Study: Restaurants improve customer retention rates • More restaurant industry finance news Consumers visited restaurants less often during the second...
View ArticleFazoli's to test beer and wine, new menu
Fazoli’s is following up its recent run of same-store sales success with a limited test of beer and wine sales and a wider test of new sales layers set to debut at the end of the year. At a restaurant...
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Seven tips for attracting Millennials
Millennials, the country’s heaviest restaurant users, are cutting back restaurant spending, according to consumer research firm NPD. Although NPD estimates that Millennials made more than 12 billion...
View ArticleNewly public Del Frisco's posts 2Q profit increase
Continued same-store sales increases at its Double Eagle Steakhouse and Sullivan’s brands helped the newly public Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group post a three-fold increase in profit in the second...
View ArticleMeatheads Burgers & Fries heads to city
After building its system to eight suburban Illinois locations in five years, Meatheads Burgers & Fries is coming home to its Chicago headquarters, but don’t expect the concept to change for the...
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Top 100 social media brands in 2012 2Q
The newest Restaurant Social Media Index Top 100 ranking shows smaller brands continuing to hold their ground in social media. Red Mango stayed in its No. 3 ranking from the first quarter directly...
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Fall menu preview: Four trends, a fad and a prediction
Autumn traditionally is a time of heartier appetites, more robust drinks and an appreciation of root vegetables and rich meat dishes. We’ll see more of that this fall as restaurateurs seek to balance...
View ArticleYum franchisee gives advice on restaurant financing
As restaurant franchisees and single-unit operators look to expand, they find out just how much they don’t know about the financing needed to fund growth, which longtime restaurateur Tabbassum Mumtaz...
View ArticleChef Chris Cosentino pushes boundaries of Italian cuisine
Chris Cosentino’s Twitter handle is @offalchris, matching his penchant for cooking organ meats. But this chef-owner of Incanto in San Francisco, who buys and prepares whole animals, does plenty with...
View ArticleYum aims to double international expansion
Yum! Brands Inc. steadily has grown more optimistic for its prospects in its Yum! Restaurants International, or YRI, division, but plans laid out Wednesday at its YRI Investor Day event were even more...
View ArticleCatfish Sloppy Joe
Executive chef Rick Moonen is dedicated to using sustainable seafood, including catfish, which is farm-raised in the Southeast and is rated as a “best choice,” in terms of safeguarding the environment...
View ArticleRestaurants brace for commodities impact
Restaurant operators are braced for dry, stiff headwinds in commodity costs as America’s food-producing regions continue to face the most persistent drought in a half century. Operators from Krispy...
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