Americans Still Cutting Back on the Small Things to Save Money

Almost two-thirds buying generics and almost half brown bagging it ...more

Food & Beverage - How to Avoid a Price War with Your Competitors - By Ken Burgin

A customer phones, and their first question is one you hate: 'How much are the main courses at your place?' or 'What are your cheapest party menus?' ...more

Reserve Interactive Selects Element Payment Services As Partner For PCI DSS Compliant Processing

ReServe Interactive, a leader in hospitality management software solutions, has selected Element Payment Services as its PCI DSS compliant solutions partner for its suite of Catering, Event Management, Dining Reservations and Table Management software products. ...more

Smashburger Gears Up to Add Sizzle to the Sacramento Region

To Open Five Locations Over Two Years ...more

P.F. Chang's Announces International Expansion in the Philippines

Signs Agreement With Global Restaurant Concepts to Develop P.F. Chang’s Restaurants Throughout the Philippines ...more

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. Announces the Closing of Its Private Placement with BRS, the Closing of Its Rights Offering and the Effectiveness of Its Credit Agreement Amendment

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: RUTH) announced today that it has completed its previously announced sale of $25,000,000 of the Company’s newly-created Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock to affiliates of Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. Management, L.P. in a private placement transaction. ...more

How To Use Google Buzz. The Unofficial (and Frequently Updated) Guide.

Buzz is Google’s new social network and it’s already created a stir. There have been concerns over privacy but all in all, the reaction has been very largely positive. This article is a simple guide explaining how to use the service. ...more

Google Buzz Has Completely Changed the Game: Here’s How

The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space. ...more

Restaurateur Sheila Laderberg to Speak at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration

Restaurant entrepreneur Sheila Laderberg will be the featured speaker in the Conversations with Entrepreneurs series to be presented next Tuesday, February 23, by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell University. Laderberg will present from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in 198 Statler Hall. She will dine with selected students after the event and meet with students, staff, and faculty the following day. ...more

Does Social Sell?

Brands drive further into social-media arena without money-back guarantees ...more