CSFB's Meyer expects Wendy's and McDonald's to further expand their menu options to maximize the revenue-generating capacity of each franchise.
They also play a large part in creating their menu of "international soul food, " which now contains several of their family recipes.
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The successful ones have a customer-friendly menu, skills to produce their menu in a restaurant setting as well as the personality and connections to bring in customers, Mr. Cameron says.
Poutine first hit their menu in the 1980s, but when Annie Barsalou took over the restaurant from her father, Pierre, they started to experiment with the dish and never looked back.
In the early to mid portion of the noughties, health authorities called on fast food chains to decrease the size of their menu items in response to rising rates of obesity.
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But some critics are calling foul on the company's mixed message, especially in light of the recent, heavily publicized addition of the aggressively fat-and-sodium laden Double Down sandwich to their menu.
It surveyed 17 airlines for various kinds of tarmac delays, their menu and contracts of carriage and customer service commitments and issued grades for these separate factors and an overall grade.
Every minute counts with the lunch experienced timed out by the servers at restaurants like the Italian eatery II Fornaio and Markethouse in Chicago which thrives on local produce in their menu items.
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Awarded a Guinness World Record in 2009 for serving the most seafood at an outdoor event, the festival is making waves this year by offering significantly larger Maine lobsters as part of their menu -- 3.5lb as opposed to 1.25lb.
When the original owners, John and Bernice Rieg, decided to branch out to lure business in the colder months, they added savory diner staples to their menu -- including a special take on the classic griddle-top cheeseburger featuring a giant crown (using four slices) of crispy cheese.
If Peking duck is not your style, the restaurant has many other duck variants on their English menu.
Consumers like the novelty of new products, but often gravitate back to their usual menu items after a while.
Like Barista Parlor, No 308 also makes regular visits to local Porter Road Butchers and The Bloomy Rind for the charcuterie ingredients on their small plates menu.
Their specially concocted menu, named Backstage, is served in the main room, where the centrepiece is a bar piled high with scaffolding that serves cocktails in sealed bags with rubber ducks floating inside.
Providers are also enhancing their on-demand menu and including interactive features like video games.
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Their new Boilermaker cocktail menu, available at 7G, showcases different combinations of craft beer paired with quality whiskey.
Patrons can browse through a menu on their table, or type text, with the help of that all-important infra-red sensor, with the information sent back to waiting staff.
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For added versatility, when the HDMI CEC cradle is connected to a high-definition Samsung digital television, end users can navigate the TL34HD's menu using their TV's remote control.
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Backing onto railway tracks, the brick-lined bar's communal tables are usually lined with plaid-shirted hipsters and diehard ale fans working their way through a menu of around 25 mostly regional microbrews.
Rather than hiring high-paid consultants to look into pricing and menu options, restaurants can turn to Locu to determine what menu items their competitors are offering that they might be missing out on, as well as details on pricing optimization.
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Ajax also allowed Web pages to be more dynamic in other ways, letting users, say, right-click and see a menu tailored to their needs.
But as new sequencing and information technologies develop, and the cost and speed of large-scale projects fall, more such international plant initiatives may well find their way on to the menu.
Using Harman Kardon's minimalist, curvy new iPod dock, the Bridge, listeners can control their 3G and newer 'Pods from the HK remote and actually view menu items and track info on either their TV screen or the receiver's display.
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Canine guests are provided with their own designer bed and a doggie menu, for in-room dining.
Afraid of offending their traditional customers, they framed the menu changes as offering wider choice rather than focusing on health.
Consider this scenario, for example, that is more likely to happen because of the growing capacity of social technologies: What if a hospital chain, a food service company, and an analytics and social software firm joined forces to co-create a system that enabled hospital patients to chose meals and delivery times from customized menu offerings, based on their medical condition?
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Using BMW Apps, Audible customers will be able to access their library through the BMW iDrive controls and menu display.
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Regulars duke it out for the top spot, moving up the menu chart if other customers order their personalized burger, earning credits for future meals as they go.
The food trucks are currently racing to get up and running, having already undergone a rigorous testing process that included a presentation of their business plan, a proposed theme and menu, and a cook-off.
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