Food & Beverage - Make Room For Special Events - By Joe Dunbar
Eliminating the uncertainty of a covers forecast is helpful for everyone in restaurant management. Restaurants with a line around the block estimate with confidence their cover count on a busy night. They are less likely to over staff or miss their production requirements. The long line insures they will hit the maximum cover count. ...more

Two Companies, Two Different Blueprints for Reducing Global Warming
Businesspeople spend too much time worrying about the burdens brought by global warming -- the possibility of carbon taxes and greater regulation of emissions -- and ignoring the potential commercial upside, according to participants in a recent Wharton conference titled, 'Winners and Losers in Green Technologies,' sponsored by the William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation. ...more

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In Shaky Economic Times, California Franchisor Rides the Wave of Success
Pizza Maker to Open 50th Store, Boasting 30 Percent Growth in Last Six Months ...more

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BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Second Quarter Revenues Up 16%
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2008 ...more

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Subway Development Corporation of Washington D.C. Opens Its 1,000th Restaurant
First SUBWAY(R) Store in the DC Area Opened 30 Years Ago ...more

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Schwarzenegger signs law banning trans fats in restaurants
Most California eateries must stop cooking with all but small amounts of the substances by 2010. A trade group opposed the legislation but voices confidence that members will meet the deadline. ...more

Restaurants & Institutions Honored as Magazine of the Year
American Society of Business Publication Editors Puts Leading Restaurant-Industry Publication at Top ...more

William Marler Calls on Congress to Act to Protect Nation's Food Supply
The following is a statement from William D. Marler, Esq.: There is presently an outbreak of a Salmonella strain known as Saintpaul that has made more than 1,250 people sick in forty-three states, put 228 in hospitals, and contributed to the deaths of two elderly men. ...more

Brinker Decision Reverberates Through California's Workplaces, Says Employers Group
Ruling by State Court of Appeal Relieves Employers of Burden to Ensure that Employees Take Meal and Rest Breaks ...more

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