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Articles in June 2, 2008 issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• Chicago's own Charlie Trotter honored with IFMA Gold Plate during NRA show
  by Christi Ravneberg
• Starbucks buys 40-unit Coffee Vision of Canada
• Diners look for value when spending stimulus checks
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Cracker Barrel targets vacation travelers with 'road trip' promo
• Fertitta sells Texans' stake to keep casinos
• Novamex beverages
• Signature Breads
• Chris Matthews, leadership guru Buckingham to headline MUFSO '08
• Joey's seafood chain breaks radio campaign, debuts new tagline
• Puck sues other Wolfgang over steakhouse name
• Trident Seafoods
• Dole
• Watch your shows later on the DVR
• Billionaire frozen-fries pioneer J.R. Simplot dies
• Same-store sales trends
• Giannasio is first woman to earn grand master certification for hospitality
• Reel food
• C&M Fine Pack
• Togo's taps Jack in the Box vet Ramsay for VP position
• Burger King relents, agrees to extra penny-per-pound payment to aid Fla. tomato pickers
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Sweet Street Desserts
• Caught on film! CKE tricks unsuspecting diners into eating Hardee's and Carl's Jr.'s hamburgers
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• Ruth's Chris' new name: Ruth's Hospitality Group
• King County, Wash., orders proof of menu labeling info
• Meeting of the Minds attendees discuss tactics for hiring good people and keeping them around
  by Dina Berta
• Wendy's: former exec's exit mischaracterized in NRN story
  by John Barker
• J&J Snack Foods
• Wikki Stix
• Cochon: New Orleans
  by Ron Ruggless
• Denny's revamps late-shift menu, image to lure youths
• Deal makers give way to ops experts in industry's corner office shakeups
  by Catherine Curan
• CiCi's Pizza honors top performers at annual conference
• Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill: Bolingbrook, Ill
• ACH food companies
• Wendy's rolling premium 'hand-spun' Frosty Shakes
• Business booms at Japanese restaurant where chimp is star server
  by Elissa Elan
• McD vows to stick with Dollar Menu despite rampant commodity inflation
  by Carolyn Walkup
• NRN's financial scorecard
• McD specialty coffee sales slow in two markets
• Shell game: chefs take a crack at scrambling diners' expectations by adding eggs to late-daypart dishes
  by Bret Thorn
• Sunkist
• Landmark Denver restaurants partner up to help each other evolve efficiently
  by Dina Berta
• Vegas refuses to fold as economy craps out: experts say high-end celebrity restaurants may save Sin City's summer season
  by Milford Prewitt
• Big ideas in small packages help fast feeders: quick-service chains step up their snack offerings and value promotions to build traffic at off-peak times, hold the line during main meals
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Deal board: selected merger and acquisition activity
• IHOP inks $347m sale-lease deal for Applebee's
• Ex-Rare CEO Hickey's firm buys Jocks and Jills chain
• Marketing miscellany …
• Georgia rightly under fire for allowing its patrons to bring a different kind of heat into restaurants
  by Robin Lee Allen
• The Beef Checkoff
• Happy Chef
• This burger costs lots of gold and is anything but standard
  by Elissa Elan
• Consumer scorecard
• NRN stock index and other selected indices
• Chicago City Council repeals foie gras ban
• New York ballplayers pitch special wines for charity
• Ventura
• Having words with Chris Yeo: executive chef and owner, Straits Restaurants and SINO Restaurant & Lounge
  by Lisa Jennings
• Yum, Panda giving millions for disaster relief in Asia
• Poorly managed jobs can lead to indifferent employees
  by Dina Berta
• Businesses need an information campaign to tell consumers that what they 'know' really ain't so
  by Richard Berman
• Lamb Weston
• U. Mich. study: satisfaction up in QSRs, down in casuals
• Let them eat buzzards: government needs to stay out of the personal-nutrition business
  by Pamela Parseghian
• Smaller NRA show crowd split on how to beat slump: McCain, McD's Skinner cite food shortages among weakened economy's challenges
  by Richard Martin
• Subway: $5 footlongs now on 'Every Day Value Menu'
• NRA and NRAEF elect new directors and trustees
• In a hurry to eat his curry, man crashes into restaurant that made it
  by Elissa Elan
• Joseph's Gourmet Pasta
• Steak n Shake mimics QSR bargain-marketing tactics
• Bartenders should savor the opportunity to explore herb-infused spirits and cocktails
  by Stephen Beaumont