Mike Hohnen

Kono Pizza, a new twist on the old Italian favourite. The product comprises a cone-shaped pizza that is being heralded as the big challenger to the burger in terms of ease of portability.

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Cheesecake Factory restaurants have giant menus and a bottom line to match.
Investors love the way the Cheesecake Factory serves up profits.
A guide to its success:
— 75: number of restaurants
— 201: number of menu items
— $16: Average check per person
— 18,000: Number of employees

Here’s how they do it: Read the rest of this entry »

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — Coming soon to a McDonald’s near you: Adult Happy Meals, featuring salad, bottled water, pedometer and a little bit of advice: Walk more.

The hamburger giant outlined plans Thursday to introduce the “Go Active!” meals for grown-ups at all 13,500 of its U.S. restaurants May 6 along with other steps designed to make its fare — and its image — more healthy.

A target of obesity lawsuits and a magnet for criticism that fast food is unhealthy, McDonald’s Corp. also launched a marketing blitz to address health issues head-on and tout new diet-conscious options at its outlets. Read the rest of this entry »

A new marketing Web site launched last week by Burger King,
www.subservientchicken.com, quickly became the top site on the Web according
to one index. The site, which allows users to type in commands that a giant
rooster performs, is designed to remind consumers they can get the
restaurant’s TenderCrisp sandwich customized to their liking.   Seattle
Post-Intelligencer

It happened to olive oil. It happened to bread. And now it is happening to salt. The stuff is diversifying, climbing up market and going chic, sleek and expensive. Once there was just kitchen salt and table salt. It came in round containers and on the label was a picture of a small boy running after a chicken trying to sprinkle salt on its tail. That salt was white as snow and ran fine and free as sand. Not any more. Read the rest of this entry »