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2008-07-08 Restaurant Industry News Highlights

Features

One Simple Question that Unlocks Sales, Growth & Loyalty - By Ken Burgin
You may have run surveys before: with restaurant or cafe customers, in hotel guest rooms or for club members. The results can be useful, but are often complex and the response rates may be small. Staff may find them difficult to understand or feel they 'don't apply to them'. ...more

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Trends

Bars and Restaurants See Economic Downturn Affecting Consumers' Alcoholic Beverage Purchases, Nielsen and Bevinco Report
While history would suggest consumers' alcoholic beverage consumption does not suffer significantly when times are tough -- consumers might even be expected to drink more -- recent evidence indicates that fewer of them are doing so in bars, restaurants and nightclubs. New research from The Nielsen Company and Bevinco reveals that on-premise sales of alcoholic beverages have been considerably impacted by the declining economy. ...more

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Technology

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants Selects ReServe Interactive Software to Manage Private Dining Events
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. recently joined the long list of customers who have chosen ReServe Interactive's Catering and Event Management software to manage private dining events. ReServe Interactive offers intuitive, intelligent hospitality software solutions to help its customers work faster, smarter and more profitably. ...more

Burger King Corp. Selects MICROS RES 4.0 for All Company-owned Restaurants in the United States
MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions to the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Burger King Corp. has selected the MICROS RES 4.0 Point-of-Sale (POS) solution for all of its approximate 800 company-owned restaurants in the United States. ...more

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Sales and Marketing

Denny's Launches New 'Vote for Real' Contest
Asks Consumers to Submit Impersonations of Presidential Candidates ...more

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Appointments

Carol DiRaimo Joins Jack in the Box Inc. as Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Jack in the Box Inc. (NYSE: JBX) today announced that Carol DiRaimo has joined the company as vice president of investor relations and corporate communications. She is assuming the investor relations responsibilities currently performed by Harold Sachs, who is retiring as vice president of investor relations and treasurer, effective Dec. 31, 2008. The company is currently exploring options for the treasury role. ...more

More Than Gourmet Names Food Industry Veteran Bill Finnegan as President
Bill Finnegan has been named president of More Than Gourmet (www.morethangourmet.com), one of the industry's premier providers of gourmet stocks and sauces. ...more

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Financial

Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. Reports Nightclub Sales for Third Quarter up 92 Percent over Last Year
Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RICK), premier operator of upscale gentlemen's clubs, said today nightclub sales for its third quarter ended June 30th totaled $15.89 million, a 92.1 percent increase over the previous year. ...more

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Other

The Real Greek Invites Customers to Sing for Their Supper
Abba Anyone? ...more

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