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December 2000
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Features:
• Brandy popular across the board
• Dining room design and decor
• Restaurant trends in 2001
The Last Word:
• The Importance of Presidential Transitions

November 2000
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Cover Story:
• Community involvement strong among restaurants
Features:
• Diners continue to be popular
• Serving seniors
• Soft pretzels are now a gourmet snack
• Special kitchen tables give customers a front-row view
Foodservice Trends:
• Americans eat 4.2 commercially-prepared meals a week according to new report
• Energy prices continue to rise
• Industry's median pre-tax income detailed in new report
• Restaurant income-statement study helps you analyze your operation
The Last Word:
• Restaurateurs' good deeds

October 2000
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Features:
• High-tech kitchens can revolutionize the industry
• Japanese sake is gaining popularity among American consumers
• Living-history restaurants recreate food in historical context
• Upscale hotels give new meaning to luxury amenities
Foodservice Trends:
• Holiday-dining trends
• Labor-cost growth slowed down in second quarter of 2000
• Restaurants expected to employ 12.5 million by 2008
The Last Word:
• Electoral College will be critical in 2000 elections

September 2000
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Cover Story:
• Catering carves out new and innovative niche
Features:
• Feeding your employees
• Freshly-squeezed juices a hit with consumers
• Gardens are sprouting up at restaurants across the country
• The ADA after a decade
Foodservice Trends:
• CREST 2000 spring-quarter customer-traffic report
• Menu-price growth decelerates
• Watching your direct operating expenses
The Last Word:
• Pension reform will help employees

August 2000
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Features:
• Australian themes make promotional sense during the Olympics
• Cutting energy costs
• Pie gets more popular
• The psychology of menu design
Foodservice Trends:
• A positive business reputation is valuable
• What households spent on food away from home in 1998
The Last Word:
• Business owners cheer the demise of the estate tax

June/July 2000
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Cover Story:
• Taking your restaurant concept overseas
Features:
• Putting sea fare on your menu
• Weddings are big business
Foodservice Trends:
• Restaurant-employee-turnover rates increased in 1998
• Restaurants have a tremendous impact on the economy
The Last Word:
• Social-security earnings limit eased

May 2000
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Cover Story:
• Tourism tips
Features:
• Harvesting sea vegetables for restaurant menus
• How to prevent fires
• Ice carvers cash in
Foodservice Trends:
• Ethnic cuisines continue to gain popularity
• Hospitality industry recognized in new Census classification
• Injury-and-illness rates among restaurant employees
The Last Word:
• NRA launches tourism promotion effort

April 2000
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Features:
• Get involved in your community and attract employees
• Restaurateurs head back to school to hone skills, help boost business
Foodservice Trends:
• Eating-and-drinking-place job growth accelerated in 1999
• Food prices expected to grow through 2009
The Last Word:
• Pursuing a proactive, pro-employee agenda

March 2000
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Features:
• Dinner in a bowl
• Food trends: what's hot
• How to trademark your restaurant's name
• Matching a noise level to your concept
• What does the future hold for the restaurant industry?
Foodservice Trends:
• Detailed industry sales data available for 1997
• Foodservice employee demographics
• Fullservice operators report higher sales, higher expenses in 1998
The Last Word:
• The Cornerstone Initiative — accepting the challenge

January/February 2000
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Cover Story:
• Grassroots lobbying helps industry reach its goals
Features:
• Helping Employees Handle Family Illness or Death
• Restaurant planning
• Restaurateurs find creative ways to dispose of waste
Foodservice Trends:
• CREST 1999 summer-quarter customer-traffic report
• Industry to spend $130.7 billion on food and drink in 2000
• Profits, expenses, and more detailed in Operations Survey
The Last Word:
• Tip reporting fight continues

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