Most Recent Articles from Chain Leader

• Industry icon Norman Brinker mourned and celebrated.(IN MEMORIUM)(In memoriam) 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Norman Brinker passed away June 9 while on vacation in Colorado Springs, Colo., at 78 years old. Brinker was the...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Food trends for recessionary times: consumers are turning to comfort food but lighter beverages.(CONSUMER PULSE) 

  Chicago-based market research firm Mintel tracks food, flavor and dining trends. In April, it released a list of "recession proof" foods, those...

  05/01/09 by Chapman, Mary Boltz · More from publication

• New: emerging chains: the home for emerging restaurant chains looking for growth strategies and tactics, and for those looking to learn from some innovative up-and-comers.(on the WEB) 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FEATURES PODCAST Director of R&D and Corporate Chef Scott Kinsey discusses the trendy dishes on a limited-time...

  05/01/09 · More from publication

• Forward March: regional casual-dining chain The Greene Turtle is not letting the recession break its stride.(UPSTARTS) 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What makes The Green Turtle think it's a good time to begin its fairly aggressive plan, aiming to have 150 units open...

  05/01/09 by Chapman, Mary Boltz · More from publication

• Seasons eatings.(CO-BRANDING) 

  Most people would call it co-branding. But not Jim Squire. "We like to couch it as co-development," says Honey-Baked Ham Co. and Cafe's...

  05/01/09 by Farkas, David · More from publication

• Buying and selling.(UPFRONT) 

  The J.H. Chapman Group, a Rosemont, III.-based investment banking firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions in the food and restaurant...

  05/01/09 · More from publication

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