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12 August 2008

New Food Safety Rules Affect Restaurant Workers

Local restaurants are striving to comply with new food safety regulations, which were adopted by the Georgia Department of Human Resources ...

Sidewalk Cafe Controversy

Greensboro -- If you want to dine late night at a sidewalk cafe, be prepared to take your plate inside at the stroke of midnight, possibly earlier.

10 August 2008

More eatery operators are trimming down

When Plano-based Bennigan's Grill &Tavern and Steak &Ale headed for bankruptcy court last week, the chains' parent company joined a bounty of other restaurant operators locking the doors on their weakest concepts.

Turning water into wine

ONE has an "elegant velvet" character when served at room temperature while another has a "large mouth feel" and is best served as a pre-dinner drink with hors d'oeuvres. <br />But these beverages don't come from a posh restaurant's wine list - they come from a water menu.

09 August 2008

Food and beverage companies spent $1.6 billion to target kids

Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission found, often combining ploys from TV to toys to the Internet to push kids to plead "Please Mom, buy me that! Please! Please!"

Bennigan's National Restaurant Chain Closes its Doors

No more lunch hours, or dinners on the way home at Bennigan's. Say goodbye to Steak and Ale. The decision from the parent company of both to shut the national restaurant chains will leave diners-and employees looking for other options in the coming days.

Hyatt plans three-phase renovation project for restaurant area

The Hyatt Regency Wichita is set to embark on the project Aug. 4, following two years of planning.

Top 400 chains: Setting the Table – US Food Trends

Price-pressured? Here are 30 chain-menu ideas priced below $5, $10, $15 or $20--and a few clues about the trends shaping the future.

Wynn Macau More than Offsets Wynn Vegas in Q2

LAS VEGAS-The casino resort operator saw its quarterly profit triple despite a decline in the hotel and casino segments that were partially offset by growth in food and beverage sales.

08 August 2008

Recipe for success

To call Wesley Ogilvie a culinary scholar would be a bit off the mark these days.

Recipe for success

Recipe for success.

Food Lovers Excited About Balt. Restaurant Week

If you love to eat, this is what you've been waiting for. Baltimore's Summer Restaurant Week begins in a few days.

Areas USA awarded US$200 million food and beverage concessions package at San José International Airport

US. Leading food, beverage and retail services provider Areas USA has been awarded a concession package for nine food outlets at San José International Airport. It expects to generate accumulated sales of more than $200 million over the ten-year contract period.