Consumer confidence levels, which drive on-premise spending habits, are fueled or suppressed by employment levels, so the unemployment scenario laid out by the Department of Labor did little to raise our industry’s spirits.More>>

Attention to ingredients and imagination make the classics contemporary at Oyamel. More>>

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Technomic released its 2011 foodservice industry forecast last week during the IFMA Forecast & Outlook seminar. More>>

October is a month full of fruitful promotion ideas for your restaurants: football on the weekends, Halloween right around the corner, and a major coup for any bar or restaurant — Oktoberfest.More>>

Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon and Texas Land & Cattle Steak House name new President and Chief Operating Officer. Centerplate acquires John Harvard's Brew House. Darden Restaurants looking for concepts to acquire, and more.More>>

Pelican Brands has entered into an exclusive purchase agreement to acquire the Napa Smith Brewery & Winery.More>>

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William Grant & Sons has today entered into a binding agreement to sell its three recently acquired liqueur brands Carolans, Frangelico and Irish Mist to Gruppo Campari. More>>

Here’s a good checklist from ServSafe Alcohol to keep handy as you make sure your employees are keeping your guests — and themselves — safe.More>>