Restaurant operators cite the economy and food costs as the top challenges facing their business.

Despite sluggish economy, restaurant industry anticipates solid job growth.

KAON Consulting, Inc., announces their predictions for the restaurant industry in 2008.

National Restaurant Association's 2008 Restaurant Industry Forecast covers state-by-state sales and employment growth, plus national economic, workforce, operational, menu and consumer trends.

National Restaurant Association's 2008 Restaurant Industry Forecast reveals economic, workforce, consumer and menu trends for the coming year.

News tidbits from the Santé Holiday Issue - December 2007.

Quantified Marketing Group founder and CEO Aaron Allen predicts the top trends poised to influence the restaurant industry in the coming year.

After a successful pilot program in New York City last year, UNICEF announced it will expand the Tap Project nationwide to 10 cities on World Water Day 2008 (March 22).  The Tap Project, a grassroots initiative to provide clean water to children around the world, invites individuals to donate $1 for the tap water they normally get for free at participating restaurants.

The outlook for the restaurant industry softened in October, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant activity fell to its lowest level in more than four years.

Survey of more than 1,000 American Culinary Federation member chefs shows small plates, bite-size desserts, microbrew beer as hottest trends.

St. Paul landmark Mancini's Char House & Lounge was selected by the MRA as the recipient of its first-ever Minnesota Restaurant of the Year award.