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Operators Boosting Menu Prices As Wholesale Food Prices Moderate
As operators dealt with rapidly rising food prices through most of last year, they were apparently plotting to get some of it back. In January, food-away-from-home prices jumped 0.4% seasonally adjusted versus December, the largest increase since August. Meanwhile, grocery-store food prices held steady in January, for the second time in the past three months.…
Independent Restaurants Battered By Recession, NPD Reports
Independent restaurants have dramatically lost share of traffic and units during the Great Foodservice Recession, according to the latest data from The NPD Group, the Port Washington, N.Y.-based consumer research from. Total restaurant visits fell from 62.7 billion in 2008 to 60.6 billion last year and nearly all that loss, 87%, was at independent restaurants,…
Gas-Price Increases Not Good For Foodservice, Says Technomic
Noting the “direct correlation between disposable income and foodservice spending,” Technomic Inc. Executive V.P. Bob Goldin says the run-up in gasoline prices “could not have come at a worse time for our slowly recovering economy. Speaking somewhat ‘provincially,’ we are especially concerned about the almost certain adverse impact rising gas prices will have on foodservice…
NRA’s Performance Index Falls Back In January
The warm winter weather must have led to an early bloom of optimism for restaurant operators. The Restaurant Performance Index maintained by the National Restaurant Association fell back in January after surging in December. Still, in spite of a 0.8 point decline in the overall index, it remains at 101.3, well above the 100 level…
Match This: 20 AccuTemp Employees Ace CFSP Exam
The old joke goes, how do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. In this industry, how does a company’s employees achieve a 75% first-time pass rate on the Foodservice Equipment Industry Certification exam required for Certified Foodservice Professional designation? Commit to a group effort and study, review, repeat. Last month,
Landing In April: Solutions4 Chicago
Four of the industry’s most prominent associations—AHF, FCSI, NACUFS and SFM—are joining forces next month in Chicago for an afternoon of industry education and networking. The four groups, officially known as Association for Healthcare Foodservice, Society for Foodservice Management will host Solutions4Chicago on April 4. “Foodservice in Focus: Exploring the Technologies of Tomorrow” will include…
New Boards Take Seats At NRA/NRAEF
The National Restaurant Association and the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation have elected new directors and trustees to their boards. The officers took office on Jan. 1 and will serve through December 2014. The NRA’s 2012 officers are: Chair: Rosalyn “Roz” Mallet, pres./CEO-PhaseNext Hospitality, Dallas Vice Chair: Phil Hickey, chairman- O’Charley’s Inc., Nashville Treasurer: Ken…
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