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    <title>Report: Expect slower sales in 2017</title>
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                Restaurants will continue to trade market share, but profitability should improve, Fitch Ratings report says 
                
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&lt;div class=&quot;node-body article-body&quot;&gt;Restaurants will continue to trade market share, but profitability should improve, Fitch Ratings report says &lt;/div&gt;


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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Kruse/Thorn: The paradox of plant-based protein</title>
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                The menu experts agree that vegetables get short shrift when forced to masquerade as meat and cheese
                
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&lt;div class=&quot;node-body article-body&quot;&gt;The menu experts agree that vegetables get short shrift when forced to masquerade as meat and cheese&lt;/div&gt;


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 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 21:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                  <media:title type="html">&lt;p&gt;By Chloe, a fast-casual vegan restaurant in New York City, offers menu items such as a Quinoa Taco salad with seitan chorizo and Pesto Meatballs made of portobello mushrooms and vegetables with cashew &amp;ldquo;mozzarella&amp;rdquo; and almond &amp;ldquo;Parmesan&amp;rdquo; on a potato roll.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>7 predictions for the next 50 years in the restaurant industry</title>
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    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;node-body gallery-body&quot;&gt;NRN&#039;s editors guess what&#039;s ahead for food, finance and more&lt;/div&gt;

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 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 22:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>50 years of restaurants: Events that built the foodservice industry</title>
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&lt;div class=&quot;node-body article-body&quot;&gt;The restaurant industry has experienced waves of change over the past 50 years. Track the events that made the industry what it is today. &lt;/div&gt;


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 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 22:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Americans are actually eating insects in restaurants</title>
    <link>http://nrn.com/blog/americans-are-actually-eating-insects-restaurants</link>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;node-body blog-body&quot;&gt;Yes, insects, being eaten by American people with their own mouths, in restaurants, is a thing.&lt;/div&gt;

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 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Fast-casual pizza segment cools</title>
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&lt;div class=&quot;node-body article-body&quot;&gt;Saturation nears, the shakeout begins and national leaders emerge&lt;/div&gt;


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 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 21:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                  <media:title type="html">&lt;p&gt;Pie Five, the fast-casual chain run by Rave Restaurant Group Inc., reported a same-store sales decrease of 14.7 percent during the first quarter ended Sept. 25, and average weekly sales declined 12.8 percent year over year.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Movie theaters focus on food</title>
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                Cinemas go far beyond popcorn in effort to serve customers elevated menu offerings
                
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&lt;div class=&quot;node-body article-body&quot;&gt;Cinemas go far beyond popcorn in effort to serve customers elevated menu offerings&lt;/div&gt;


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 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>BJ’s debuts ‘Buy a Hero a Beer’ program</title>
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                Chain lets customers honor first responders with a cold brew
                
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&lt;div class=&quot;node-body article-body&quot;&gt;Chain lets customers honor first responders with a cold brew&lt;/div&gt;


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 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>McDonald’s to roll out mobile ordering, table service in US</title>
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                Company expanding “Experience of the Future” model to more markets
                
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&lt;div class=&quot;node-body article-body&quot;&gt;Company expanding “Experience of the Future” model to more markets&lt;/div&gt;


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 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                  <media:title type="html">&lt;p&gt;Aiming to change its reputation as a technologically slow company, McDonald&amp;#39;s will be introducing mobile ordering, kiosks and table service in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>8 ways restaurants can cultivate loyalty</title>
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    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;node-body gallery-body&quot;&gt;OpenTable survey reveals consumer motivations for repeat visits &lt;/div&gt;

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 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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