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Taking the 'Gut Feel' Out of the Food Cost Equation - By Chuck Gohn
Food cost. The sound of those words is enough to send a chill up the spines of the most intrepid chefs. Blood pressures are raised by it. Bonuses are forfeited because of it. Careers hinge on it. It is undoubtedly one of the most sensitive topics in the industry.
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Restaurant Trends - Growing And Emerging Concepts - Data reflects change and activity from August 3, 2007 to December 3, 2007
Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts
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Food & Beverage - Recipes And Cost Accounting - By Joe Dunbar
Variance reports help cost accountants identify unprofitable production and service activities. If your dinner house served a 1 pound steak for $30 and the meat costs $6 and sides run another $1.50, your margin is $22.50. That's a profit margin of 75%.
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Restaurant Industry in All 50 States to Grow Sales, Add Jobs in 2008 and Beyond, According to National Restaurant Association Research
Association's 2008 Restaurant Industry Forecast covers state-by-state sales and employment growth, plus national economic, workforce, operational, menu and consumer trends
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Restaurant Industry to Continue to Be Major Driver in Nation's Economy Through Sales, Employment Growth in 2008
National Restaurant Association's 2008 Restaurant Industry Forecast reveals economic, workforce, consumer and menu trends for the coming year
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Technomic Identifies Gender and Age Differences in Natural and Organic Food Preferences
As natural and organic foods continue growing in popularity, consumer research by foodservice consultants Technomic found that women place significantly more importance on being able to select from a wide variety of natural, organic and sustainable food offerings when shopping for food or dining out-although overall interest was strong for both men and women.
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New Indulgence Goes Beyond Fattening to Sophistication and Adventure
Adding a twist of indulgence to ordinary foods and beverages generates consumer interest and new business opportunities. After all, think of what Starbucks did for the cup of coffee. Indulgence trends and insights are presented in a new study, Indulgence: Culinary Trend Mapping Report from Packaged Facts and the Center for Culinary Development (CCD).
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Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending December 1, 2007
Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada.
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November 2007 : the French hotel industry flourishes despite social unrest
After a record October (+14.3%), the first estimates for November show an increase in RevPAR of 9.6%, due to an increase both in occupancy rates (+2.3 points) and average rates (+5.9%).
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2008 Slowdown for U.S. Hotels
PKF Hospitality Research (PKF-HR) is reaffirming their forecast for a modest slowdown in U.S. lodging industry performance in 2008.
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Travel Demand Set to Reach New Peaks
Passenger numbers in January look set to break new growth records across all regions, for a variety of different factors and with many of the usual downsides. The latest consistent international and domestic passenger data is from ACI. It relates to the largest airports in October and shows total passenger numbers rising by 6.2% in the month and international passengers by 8.3%.
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Advertising That Works - Australia Hotel Performance Up
Australia's controversial marketing campaign, launched in February 2006, showing typical Australian scenes accompanied by the blunt tag line: 'So Where the Bloody Hell Are you?' has been very successful.
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Weekly U.S. Lodging Performance for the week of Dec 02, 2007 - Dec 08, 2007
Weekly summary of Occupancy, ADR and REVPar for the United States.
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Market Intelligence Report: Houston, Texas - By Shannon Sampson
Once thought of as a big oil town, Houston's vast array of new developments are taking off throughout 'Space City'.
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