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What's up with commercial real estate?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 12, 2007

Owners of commercial real estate aren’t expecting a banner year for their retail property.

Where are they now?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 30, 2011

Restaurantbusiness.com looks back at some of the concepts that figured into past Future 50 rankings of the day’s up-and-comers.

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What patrons say about Jack's bacon milkshake

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Feb. 15, 2012

As part of its "Marry Bacon" campaign to promote a new bacon cheeseburger, West Coast fast food chain Jack in the Box also introduced a new milkshake flavor: Bacon.

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Hurricane Sandy revealed a lot about insurance coverage

By Margaret Shakespeare on Feb. 01, 2013

Hurricane Sandy caused an estimated $63 billion in damages across the East Coast. Restaurants contributed their share to the bill.

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Greening takeout: Moving past plastic and polystyrene

By Amanda Kooser on Mar. 04, 2014

With bans on plastic bags and polystyrene containers sweeping the country, we've looked at eco-friendly packaging options for restaurant operators.

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Delivery’s third-party players

By Sam Smith on May 04, 2015

Takeout’s sibling, delivery, is seeing notable activity as well, and it’s mainly coming from third-party providers and the investors who seem to love them.

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What's worrying independents?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 19, 2015

Operators from the Top 100 Independents ranking detail what's plaguing them the most: including their biggest problems and how they're responding.

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Is tipping at the tipping point?

By Scott Hume on Oct. 18, 2016

It’s been about a year since Union Square Hospitality Group’s President and CEO Danny Meyer started implementing his no-tipping policy as a new mode of compensation.

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