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Articles in June 23, 2008 issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• Same-store sales trends
• Bar Milano
  by Elissa Elan
• Kronos
• Chicken finally flies McDonald's Coop, finds new home with restaurant employee
  by Elissa Elan
• J&J Snack foods
• Starbucks gives 150-unit Euro. rights to SSP firm
• Check averages grow faster in late-night, breakfast hours than in core dayparts
• Exit interviews reveal the issues that lead to turnover
  by Dina Berta
• Dole Food Company
• Bouncing around to tantalizing tasting conferences can help balloon your bar sales
  by Stephen Beaumont
• Denny's projects $6m-$8m savings from 50 staff cuts
• Week's top losers
• NRN stock index and other selected indices
• Blanche de Chambly
• Firebird group buys Dallas landmark El Fenix chain
• Krispy Kreme swings back to first quarterly profit in more than a year
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Aussie pols say bar shortsighted in its irresponsible alcohol service
  by Elissa Elan
• Hershey's
• Communication tools limit effective interaction if co-workers aren't as connected as they assume
  by Michael Duffy
• Lamb Weston
• Bennigan's menus tout Mini Bites, speak Spanish
• Tim Hortons duo sues over frozen-doughnut strategy
• Cook along with Paolo
• Colgate Palmolive
• Beard Awards announced: Kaysen named rising star
• M&Q Packaging
• Despite a few sighs of frustration, spring produces many smiles for locavore chefs
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Joseph's Gourmet Pasta
• NRN, Sullivan team up to offer online leadership course
• Week's top gainers
• NRA slams Republican senator in ethanol squabble
• Sold-out food and beer fest hits Washington
• Operators, farms fight to stay afloat in flooded Midwest: heavy rains submerge corn and soybeans crops, raising fears about worsened meat and dairy inflation
  by Carolyn Walkup
• NRN's financial scorecard
• Bar Q
  by Elissa Elan
• Blue moon: jokester pulls prank, suffers a wounded bum and pride
  by Elissa Elan
• Simplot
• Old Spaghetti Factory heirs form new-concept company
• Wingstop, NBA hoop vets ink 3-unit pact for S. Calif
• Crepes and chicken dish help Los Angeles students pay for college
• C.H. Guenther & Son
• Reader: touting core brand values benefits all operators
  by Tom Kelley
• Sweet Street Desserts
• NYC's Zwiener countersues Puck in 'Wolfgang's' battle
• Appeals court told FDA OKs NYC's calorie-labeling law
• Hardee's, Carl's Jr. websites help visitors create their own 3-D world
• Scarpetta
  by Elissa Elan
• Pork belly with egg ravioli
• Patak's
• Having words with Lisa Wong: owner, Rosario's Mexican Cafe y Cantina
  by Ron Ruggless
• Tomatoes raise new worries of health risks from produce
  by Ron Ruggless
• Cal Poly Pomona hospitality school expands to college designation
• Tyson Foods
• PCRM: public ought to know the health risks of grilled meat
  by Susan Levin
• The Chef's apprentice: aspiring cooks, take note: personality and passion make fine substitutes for a fancy pedigree when aiming for a gig with a famous industry mentor
  by Paul Frumkin
• Smokey Bones polls diners via new 'Decision '08' menu
• NPD: sluggish pizza traffic belies brand loyalty of sector's fans
  by Fern Glazer
• Bryan Ogden, son of Bay Area-based celebrity chef Bradley Ogden and chef and manager of Bradley Ogden restaurant in Las Vegas, is moving to Los Angeles to open a restaurant in partnership with actress Allison Melnick and entertainer Robin Antin
• Landry's accepts Fertitta's $1.3b going-private buyout
• Industry braces for menu-labeling liability litigation: restaurateurs fear lawsuits in Wash., Calif. could go class-action, inspire copycats
  by Lisa Jennings
• Pizza Hut, Papa John's launch 'widgets' in bid to boost online ordering with targeted offers
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• Elettaria
  by Elissa Elan
• Reel food
• ACH food companies
• McD hires CIA-Harvard vet as new nutrition director
• There's no defense against reactionaries who will take offense to any restaurant ad or promotion
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• QSR chains link full-service tests to improved guest perceptions
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Carvel enlists 'Fudgie' in mobile campaign for younger consumers
• Park Avenue Summer
  by Elissa Elan
• Treasures of Afghanistan: National Gallery exhibition brings Afghan cultural and culinary heritage into the spotlight
  by Thomas Head
• Nestle
• Darden: LongHorn's $20m ad account goes to Grey NY
• Corton
• Foodservice tallies growing rate of executive turnover amid economy's turbulence
  by Dina Berta