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Chain Leader Executive Briefing September 10, 2009
Healthy Menus: Just Don't Call Them Healthy
September 10, 2009
Top Features

Consumer attitudes about healthful options are convoluted at best. In response, limited-service operators promote healthful selections as "better tasting" rather than "better for you." read more...

Pops of pizza colors, fetching photography and a display pizza oven send fresh vibes to Flippers Pizzeria guests. read more...


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Optimism and consumer spending are inching up, though hardly enough to kick off a restaurant-industry turnaround. read more...

Chain Leader’s Blog Bytes
 
Showing Respect and Other Issues
David Farkas looks at what women in different age groups think about multitasking, social networking and mentoring. read more...
 
Social Media Marketing: Now's the Time
Karen Brennan encourages using social media ASAP. Your customers are already there. read more...
 
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
On the Spot features a commercial for Kelsey's Restaurants, a Canadian chain of 120-some casual-dining eateries. Think T.G.I. Friday's or Applebee's with a "Cheers" theme. read more...

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Industry Buzz
Fast-food giant McDonald's has lost an eight-year legal battle to stop an Indian restaurant in Kuala Lumpur calling itself McCurry. read more...
Amid a raging health-care debate, hospitality educator Chris Muller recalls past employees and what insurance meant to them. read more...

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How to Grow to 100 Units
Emerging restaurant chain Buffalo Wings & Rings rebranded, developed a broader menu less reliant on chicken prices and created operator-support systems, and rebuilt its reputation among franchisees. read more...
BAB Inc. has announced the debut of its new concept, My Favorite Muffin "Your All Day Bakery Cafe." read more...

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