Recently added articles from Chain Leader:
Too poor to eat healthy? Research shows that consumers are choosing cheaper food over more-healthful items.(CONSUMER PULSE)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Despite the efforts restaurant chains from fast food to fine dining have made to add more-healthful items to the menu, consumers still aren't buying. In a poll on chainleader.com, 82 percent of respondents say their better-for-you items are selling "lousy" ...
New: the brand landscape.(on the WEB)
Sep 01, 2009 ... The founder and principal of Brandscapes LLC, Karen Brennan helps restaurateurs and entrepreneurs figure out their brand challenges. In this blog, she shares insights on marketing and branding, trends and other industry topics. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FEATURED PODCAST ...
Are you ready for some football?(SPORTSMANSHIP)
Sep 01, 2009 ... It's football season, and at press time, it's announce-your-company's-NFL-sponsorship-status season. Gold Star Chili has renewed its partnership with the Cincinnati Bengals to be the team's "Official Chili" for the next five years. Football fans at Paul Brown Stadium can have ...
Not-so-great expectations.(UPFRONT)
Sep 01, 2009 ... A Zogby Interactive survey conducted in July shows that only 41 percent of adults in this country expect their household financial situation to return to pre-recession levels. The poll of 41,175 adults found that those with higher incomes were more likely to think their ...
P.F. Chang's provides loan to upstart True Food.(EMERGING CONCEPT)
Sep 01, 2009 ... Fox Restaurant Concepts, which describes itself as "a collection of original, thriving boutique restaurants," is $10 million richer thanks to P.F. Chang's China Bistro. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Chang's is providing the capital in the form a loan ...