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Articles in May 12, 2008 issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• Week's top losers
• J&J Snack Foods
• Trufoods adds Ritter's to multibrand chain portfolio
• Starbucks scales back new stores, expects new drinks to perk up traffic
  by Lisa Jennings
• Keep your eyes wide open; you never know where the competition will come from next
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• The Brown Street Club
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Ventura
• Sugar Foods Corp
• Pizza Hut reports $24m in first-month Tuscani sales
• Taco Bell debuts Big Bell Box via 'like-a-man' promo
• Execs: remembering human element key to successful technology rollouts
  by Paul Frumkin
• Taco Bell eyes big energy, water cuts from new gear
• Slumping supper traffic the result of more than just economic woes
  by Fern Glazer
• Reel food
• Execs: vendors should bolster client profits, enhance guest relations
  by Ron Ruggless
• Happy Chef
• Making service miscues right can turn a wronged customer into a repeat one
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Domino's Pizza recruits Whataburger vet to be CFO
• Custom-salad chains go west as new concepts sprout in California market
  by Lisa Jennings
• Same-store sales trends
• Inmate baleful over weight loss, blames prison diet and sues on-site feeder
  by Elissa Elan
• Lazy Goat
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Bush's
• Rock Bottom founder Day takes reins as 3 execs quit
• Tech guru Burrus: 'transform' your restaurant business or get left behind
  by Alan J. Liddle
• NRN's financial scorecard
• Having words with Tony Walker: Chief Operating Officer and co-founder, The Spicy Pickle
  by Dina Berta
• Doing 'The Wave' and other news, test talk from FS/TEC
  by Alan J. Liddle
• Report: Sun Capital finalist in Brinker's Mac Grill sale
• Jack Fry's GM-turned-owner: 'tedious' sale process was worth it
  by Steve Coomes
• Mama Blue's
• Restaurant CIOs share sources of tech innovation and solutions during panel
  by Ron Ruggless
• C&M fine pack
• Boston Market goes Italian in spring menu promotions
• Winning in a tough economy requires assessment, replanning, prioritization and active leadership
  by Neil Culbertson
• Shareholders sue Wendy's, execs over Triarc buyout
• Vets of Mac Grill, Pei Wei team up for TruFire launch
• Risotto-stuffed calamari: Cavo Cafe & Lounge, Astoria, N.Y
• Lamb Weston
• Reser's
• Budget-wary travelers' summer plans concern U.S. dining destinations
  by Carolyn Walkup
• NYC's law forcing on-menu calorie disclosure impels compliance plans
  by Elissa Elan
• HR experts at Elliot conference share recession-beating strategies
  by Dina Berta
• Calendar
• American Grocery Restaurant
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• The Beef Checkoff
• Dole
• Cornell study: fix guests' complaints before they walk out
  by Milford Prewitt
• Springtime side dishes take center stage: creative uses of seasonal produce gives cost-conscious consumers more dining choices
  by Mary Caldwell
• Asian food outscores others in guest satisfaction: percent judged excellent for 12 mos. ended Dec. '07
• Dealboard: selected merger and acquisition activity
• How Lemmings draft a menu
  by Peter Romeo
• Devereaux's
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Monin
• Sunkist
• Tim Hortons expects $1.5m cut from management shift
• Week's top gainers
• Starbucks pins hopes on slate of newfangled drinks
• Marketing, culinary executives tout technology resources and benefits
  by Paul Frumkin
• Ford: tech can help bridge generational divide
  by Paul Frumkin
• BK hires ex-Jack in the Box ops VP to run U.S.-Canada
• Organic to Go hires VP to focus on catering, delivery
• Jack in the Box donates $10k to children's center
• Foodservice tech, best practices highlighted in Texas
• Bridgford
• NRA, NCCR join fight vs. ethanol policies: coalition urges Congress to weigh effects of biofuel mandates on food price inflation
  by Paul Frumkin
• Arby's launches twinned Doublers sandwich deals
• Chains in the Southeast pull out all stops to drive traffic
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• NRN stock index and other selected indices: variability for the 52 weeks ended May 2
• In salute to olden days, Chinese restaurateur marks return of Mao
  by Elissa Elan
• Pomegranate on Main
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Trident Seafoods
• Yoshinoya promotes, hires Subway vet for franchising
• Quiznos spending $12m to echo Subway's $5 promo
• Exit strategy lets pizzeria owner keep business all in the family
  by Steve Coomes
• Shift in marketing focus features the chefs of Time Warner Center
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• BK offers London royal treatment, plans rollout of Kobe beef burger
  by Elissa Elan
• That's the spirit: chain restaurants find many cooking applications for beer, wine and liquor
  by Nancy Kruse
• Custom Culinary
• Chick-fil-A founder Cathy makes Upscale Pizza debut

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