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 FOOD & BEVERAGE
Local Options
American regional cooking traditions are born of indigenous foods that are bountiful and fresh and then are carried on by chefs who develop and interpret recipes celebrating and reflecting a locale. Those traditions now get creative new takes on foodservice menus.
Contemporary Classics: Soupendous Comfort
Chicken soup is both comfort food and a best seller in all segments. Its honest simplicity makes it a menu staple, and one, as R&I’s Contemporary Classics series explains, that invites innovation.
R&I EXCLUSIVE
Fully Equipped
The foodservice industry’s expansion may slow in tough times, but it never stops. Equipment is ordered for new units or retrofitted to existing operations. How operators make their equipment-buying decisions and what needs they hope future technologies will meet are revealed in the findings of an exclusive study.
BUSINESS
Board Games
College students may need advanced degrees to sort through the variety of meal-plan options offered as foodservice departments devise tactics to keep customers happy—and on campus.
Mexican Gets Fresh
R&I’s Hot Spots profiles five members of a new generation of Mexican fast-casual chains. For these concepts, fresh ingredients and strong flavors are the lure, and their growth plans are as bold as their food.
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OPERATIONS
The Right Tools
Food safety is grounded in maintaining cleanliness, personal hygiene and the proper temperatures for foods and equipment. Common sense is a necessity, says Laurel Cudden, director of food safety and risk assessment for B.R. Guest in New York City, but she also keeps her employees stocked with thermometers, checklists and a few other indispensable tools.
DEPARTMENTS
Food for Thought
For McDonald’s and Red Lobster, all they need is love; Michael Lomonaco opens a seafood concept while other former Windows on the World staffers plan an American-menu restaurant; Grocery Manufacturers of America reaches out to foodservice operators; Congress mulls changes in school breakfast and lunch programs; Jack in the Box talks turkey; restaurateurs discuss ways to survive a sluggish economy; and steamed buns star at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises’ latest venture. Menu Focus opens the bar menu for the latest in quick bites...
EDITORIAL
Viewpoint
Trials and Errors
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Consumers' Choice in Chains - Coffee/Snack Chains ...
