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Breakfast, coffee, marketing initiatives push Dunkin' Brands profits up
Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, reported its fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results, including a Q4 adjusted net income increase of 36.6 …February 9, 2012
 | From calculating tips to booking a reservation, there's an app for nearly everything in today's foodservice industry. Even the moderately tech-savvy consumers are using popular apps like Urbanspoon and Foursquare to find restaurants, make … |
 | Indeed, the early bird gets the worm, and QSRs are ramping up their breakfast offerings accordingly. The daypart is the fastest growing in the restaurant space, accounting for more than 60 percent of traffic growth in the past five years. Still … |
| The PeopleMatter Institute (PMI) put together the 'Top 11 of 2011,' a compilation of the hottest trends from the past year that the service industry should continue focusing on in 2012. From this list I predict the following to be the most prominent … |
 | Industry surveys say Americans are ready to spend more money on dining out in 2012, but only if they feel that what they are eating is good for them, as well as a good value. Are you ready for the coming Year of More Information? I've spotted five … |
 | Imagine how much the headline raised the temperature of restaurant operators: "McDonald's Fined $1.8 Million in Brazil for Happy Meal Toy Giveaway." If it could happen there, the initial steps have already been taken to make it happen here. The next … |
| Every two weeks for just over a year now I have been posting blogs here at Networld Alliance sites for you about what is new and hot, and how trends like gluten-free and menu labeling are being played out in restaurants across the country. I have … |
 | Happy days are here again. I know. It doesn't feel that way to me either. Granted, things don't seem as dire as they did in 2008, -09 and -10. But it doesn't seem to me — or anyone I know, for that matter — that our national economic … |
| This old burger guy sees a return to the battle for a share of visits by the giants of the business very soon. Why now? Because both Burger King and Wendy's have abandoned the off-the-wall approaches to consumer marketing with which they had … |
| It's a question restaurateurs should be asking themselves following the death of Steve Jobs, whose name and persona will be forever inseparable from the Apple brand. I knew he was so seriously ill that he'd resigned as CEO of Apple, but Steve Jobs's … |
 | While use of technology and social media among Millennials is legendary (they've never known a time that wasn't digital), new Hartman Group research finds that their relationships with brands is less definitive and, thus, fertile ground for creating … |
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2008 Fast Casual Restaurant Top 100 Movers & Shakers
As for most industry watchers, culminating the very best of the breed in a fast-growing segment is often a difficult task. With more than 600 fast casual concepts in the half-trillion-dollar …Type: Special ReportSponsored by: FastCasual.com -
Executive Summary: Restaurant State of the Industry Report 2011, Part I: Food and Beverage
This Executive Summary, written by Fast Casual editor Valerie Killifer, summarizes the findings of the new 109-page report "Restaurant State of the Industry Report 2011, Part I: Food and Beverage."Type: White PaperSponsored by: FastCasual.com -
Mobility in Retail
At this early stage in the smart mobile device revolution it is fair to ask some hard-nosed questions. After all, a great deal of time and money will likely be devoted to mobile platform projects in …Type: Case StudySponsored by: Starmount Systems -
Internet Marketing and the Social Media (Slides)
Industry leaders provide vital information regarding the use of the Internet and Social Media to aid in your restaurant's growth. Download the slides from presentations given by: Boris Bugarski …Type: PresentationSponsored by: Fast Casual Executive Summit -
10 Tips for Evaluating Music in Your Restaurant
Many restaurants overlook a very important detail of operating a restaurant - music. A restaurant's image is conveyed to its guests through sound, as well as the look. Here are 10 tips to help you …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Custom Channels
