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How your restaurant sales and profits compare to competitors' and what you can do to improve financial performance

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Ice machines and dispensers

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 13, 2007

You can’t run a restaurant without ice—and lots of it.

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Get a deal on everything: Marketing edition

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 21, 2009

You have to spend money to make money, and these days you don’t need to spend that much.

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Bright signs for a bright start

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 01, 2011

The breakfast daypart is revved up and raring to go—just like those eaters who begin their day with an energizing morning meal.

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Beverage innovation comes from history

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 01, 2012

Thanks to a growing number of dedicated beverage producers, you can drink like an Egyptian, quaff like an ancient Roman or sip hot cocoa like an Aztec warrior. Some may call these marketing gimmicks, but both consumers and producers are enthralled by bibulous legends.

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A Facebook scavenger hunt

By Joann Whitcher on Mar. 01, 2013

Arby’s most successful social media campaign was launched last year, timed to the anniversary of its founding—July 23, 1964.

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How to make customer engagement efforts work harder

By Kelly Killian on Apr. 02, 2014

Buffalo Wings & Rings was able to boost customer engagement a few percentage points with a simple move: going back to customers who did not respond to initial offers with retargeted messages.

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New Top 500 chain ranking shows cracks in the status quo

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 30, 2015

Fast casuals come on strong, as do “QSR Plus” brands, Technomic finds.

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Top 100 Independents: The newbies

By Kelly Killian on Oct. 23, 2015

Nearly two dozen of the nation’s highest-grossing independent restaurants weren’t in that rarified group last year. Here are the ones that muscled their way into the elite ranks.

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What indies know

By Scott Hume on Oct. 18, 2016

While independents aren’t immune to the issues plaguing chains in today’s restaurant climate, these top concepts are managing to jump the business hurdles to keep both staff and guests satisfied.

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Pie Five looks past fast casual to stem sales slide

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 25, 2017

The pizza chain is eying standard features of casual dining and quick-service restaurants in its bid to bounce back.

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