The Mid-Atlantic Food, Beverage & Lodging Expo — Sept. 19-20, 2007, at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore — seeks to uplift hospitality-industry exhibitors by offering free …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association has announced two of the highlighted speakers for the National Restaurant Association's Public Affairs Conference, Sept. 25-26, 2007, at …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fast Casual magazine has announce its partnership with the California Restaurant Association to produce a new podcast channel for California Restaurateurs. The new channel …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index, a comprehensive index of restaurant activity, posted a moderate gain in June. The RPI stood at 101.4 in …

NEW YORK — The NASDAQ Stock Market will host a food- and restaurant-industry forum Aug. 1, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., to discuss the state of the industry and trends within the sector …

WASHINGTON D.C. — The National Restaurant Association today announced the selection of Dawn Sweeney as the president and chief executive officer of the organization, effective Oct. 1. Sweeney …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The outlook for the restaurant industry remained positive in May, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant activity held steady. The …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association today expressed extreme disappointment in the Senate's failure to continue consideration of immigration reform legislation. "The Senate …

FINDLAY, Ohio — Corporate Research International released June 28 the results of RealPeopleRatings.com, its quarterly customer service survey that illustrates the importance of brand image and …

DETROIT — Steve Jackson, president of Hungry Howie's Pizza, has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 Award for the Central Great Lakes region in the Restaurant …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association June 25 sent a letter to senators expressing the importance of quickly moving forward with the debate on comprehensive immigration reform …

CHICAGO — The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) June 14 announced that three new officers have been elected by the NRAEF's Board of Trustees for the 2007-2008 term …

CHICAGO — The National Restaurant Association's 2007 Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show completed a record-breaking, four-day run at McCormick Place in Chicago May 22. The event drew nearly 74,000 …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The outlook for the restaurant industry softened in April, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant activity registered a moderate decline …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association is expressing disappointment that Congress has tied the federal minimum wage increase and tax package to the controversial Iraq spending …

Washington, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association announced today that it is forming a new Board of Directors task force to take the lead on implementing the Association's recently …

CHICAGO — The 2007 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, held May 19-22 at McCormick Place in Chicago, featured several educational sessions with leading industry …

After a slow attendee start at this year's National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, things were in full swing Saturday afternoon as show goers ate and drank their way through …