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Lettuce to offer in-store takeout at grocery chain

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Restaurant visionary Richard Melman has something new in his sights: upscale grocery stores.

In a first for his Lettuce Entertain You chain, Melman is partnering with Minneapolis grocery chain Lund Food Holdings to open a new, in-store Asian food counter in its Lunds and Byerly’s grocery chains.

The deal stretches Lettuce into new territory once again as it tries to capture consumers outside traditional restaurants.

“Lettuce isn’t afraid to look at other ideas,” said Kevin Brown, president and chief executive of Lettuce, whose varied restaurants include Scoozi, Wildfire and Mon Ami Gabi.
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Legal Pizza…

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In Italy, as you may have heard, there’s a new law that doubles as “a marketing tool to brand Naples forever as the cradle of pizza,” reports Al Baker in The New York Times. The law was passed in May, “at the behest of the Association of Real Neapolitan Pizza, a group with 2,500 members worldwide,” with the support of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi himself. [Read more…] about Legal Pizza…

Tyson Food Service: Hot Concepts

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https://www.tysonfoodsinc.com/foodservice/HotConcepts/
We’ve proudly partnered with Nation’s Restaurant News to bring you the Hot Concepts! awards-created to honor operators who have given creativity, innovation, and forward thinking a permanent place in their operations. We feel it is important to recognize those operators who have done more than open restaurants; they’ve changed the way we eat.

Hot! Again is another prestigious Hot Concepts! award. It recognizes an organization that has been revitalized and made a strong return to the restaurant forefront. Look for the next group of Hot Concepts! and Hot! Again winners to be formally revealed at the 2004 NRA show this May. But, you don’t have to wait until May; look below to find this years’ winners.

To learn more about the Hot Concepts! program, visit www.nrnhotconcepts.com

Raising the bar in bars

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For restaurant operators and other locations serving alcohol, the 2004 NRA Show offered solutions to help build business and cut costs. Among the solutions spotted on the Show floor: self-dispensing beverage units, plus systems to help operators track their liquor inventory and broaden wine-by-the-glass offerings while minimizing waste. [Read more…] about Raising the bar in bars

Energy drinks and other "alternative" beverages were in strong evidence

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The emerging market in “alternative” beverages is front and center at the 2004 NRA Show. Consumers looking for non-traditional tastes from their beverages have a variety of new options to choose from, as smaller beverage companies carve out niches in upscale carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, the energy-drink sector continues to grow, and international tastes and flavors penetrate the American market
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