The idea of take-and-bake pizza in a fast-food-chain setting hit Papa Murphy's cofounder Robert Graham in 1984.
Then there are earnings, which will include biotech firm Schering-Plough, courier UPS, entertainment and media company Walt Disney, and food-chain conglomerate Yum!
Bain Capital, the venture arm of the Boston consultancy, bought Duane Reade in 1992 and installed Bruce Weitz, a small food-chain operator, to run the show.
That would act as a "huge magnet to pull new innovations through, right along the food-chain - from the labs, to the boardrooms, to the hospital bed".
This type of impact by top-of-the-food-chain predators on lower trophic levels is well known in marine systems, said Peterson, and has been shown to occur in terrestrial systems in the study of invertebrates.
Much of the pollution that exists in the garbage patches is plastic waste that gradually breaks down into short lengths of polymer which absorb other pollutants and accelerate their uptake into the marine food-chain.
In fact, this process is comparable to the use of fertilizers in agriculture, i.e. adding nutrients that are found to be lacking in the local environment to stimulate plant growth, in this case phytoplanckton that form the base of the marine food-chain.
Beluga prices would surely skyrocket, fixing the caviar even more securely at the top of the food-pricing chain.
However, it does still own enough of the food-distribution chain to be able to promise plentiful supplies of cheap produce for Tet.
The San Diego-based fast-food chain reported its same-store sales fell 0.1% in the second-quarter, down from a year ago increase of 6.4%.
For agricultural companies and food producers, however, rising commodity prices can be a blessing or a curse, depending on where the company is in the food-processing chain.
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The fast-food chain first cooked up ire--and delight--when it ran a TV ad for its Carl's Jr. arm last month.
The fast-food chain has also installed energy-efficient lighting at more than 6, 000 of its restaurants, decreasing energy use by approximately 510 kilowatt-hours.
The same processes that bring us more mass-market chain food--higher incomes, more meals outside the home, and competitive pressures--also bring us the wonders of ethnic dining.
The second-ranked organic food chain, sad-sack Wild Oats Markets, often loses money.
For instance, the top fast-food chain by number of locations, Subway, added close to 6, 000 restaurants from 2008-2010, the Milford, CT-based company reports.
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The head of corporate training for this fast-growing food chain put in place a YouTube-like learning portal which lets any employee upload a video of themselves doing their job well.
Smart Balance on Aug. 3, acquired Glutino Food Group, the leader in the gluten-free food chain.
The fast-food chain kept demurring, in favor of Terry Manufacturing, a minority contractor in Roanoke, Ala.
This year, the fast-food chain plans to add another 150 more restaurants in China.
Burger King isn't the only fast-food chain that's trying to draw attention with unusual offerings.
But researchers think its origins lie further down the food chain - in plants, small mammals or insects.
Together the two siblings currently operate a total of 14 outlets in Saudi, excluding a fast-food chain, Shanghai Express.
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It just got number two fast-food chain Subway to switch from Pepsi.
But will this negative connotation put the fast-food chain out of business?
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Despite it being at the center of controversy this year, Chick-fil-A, a fast-food chain with more than 1, 600 locations, earned the No. 7 spot.
McDonald's, an American fast-food chain has said that fear of SARS, and the Iraqi war, have dented sales in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
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