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Is it survival of the fittest? With the E&S industry facing increased pressures from digital models and other non-traditional competitors, FEDA is providing its members…

If you missed it last week in FER Fortnightly, the number of restaurants in the U.S. fell for the second year in a row. We…

Manitowoc Foodservice made its official debut March 4 as an independent, publicly traded company following its previously announced spinoff from The Manitowoc Co. Hubertus Muehlhaeuser,…

We often say the restaurant market in the U.S. is “mature.” The NPD Group’s foodservice research practice, based in Rosemont, Ill., released restaurant unit-count data…

A New York appeals court on Monday temporarily stopped the city from enforcing a new rule requiring chain restaurants to post warnings on menu items…

The NPD Group will host its 2016 Foodservice Summit April 6-7 in Chicago. This year’s theme is “The Path To Consumption: How Customers Choose.” Summit…

Rock and roll will never die, if you measure it by the unit growth at the 45-year-old Orlando, Fla.-based Hard Rock Café. The chain added…

As we suspected, the sharp drops in equities prices in January spooked operators who responded to the National Restaurant Association’s December Restaurant Performance Index in…

The “healthy food-centered” LYFE Kitchen chain kicked off the year with its 18th grand opening. The new unit in Playa Vista, Calif., the chain’s seventh…

Hotelex & Expo FineFood Shanghai 2016 calls itself one of Asia’s largest hospitality and catering trade shows, and with an overall exhibition area covering more…