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In this world there are so many communities, and in each community restaurants are the heart and social center. No Groceries.com mission is to bring people closer together within their communities and be a useful avenue for restaurants to make each experience worth wild.

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1. At NoGroceries.com you are able to:

a. Provide restaurant information.

b. Provide restaurant Menu

c. Add upcoming events

d. Create and manage printable Gift Certificates

e. Upload coupons for customers to print off

f. Upload a video to give customers a better insight of your business

g. Upload photos to show off how much fun customers are having at your restaurant

h. Submit “Deals of the Day” request to gain more exposure.

i. Submit Featured Ads that will inform customers about your latest ads.

2. Advertising/Marketing

a. NoGroceries.com provides direct marketing for restaurants.

b. Every customer search produces every restaurant ads pertaining to that particular zip code. This helps you as a restaurant direct your marketing to one specific area. With this you are able to reach more potential customers and save on advertising dollars.

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Jack in the Box debuts 3 raspberry drinks

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Jack in the Box has rolled out three new beverages it calls the Raspberry Trio, which includes a raspberry smoothie, raspberry shake and brewed raspberry iced tea.

The smoothie is made with raspberry fruit juice and is available in 16-ounce and 24-ounce sizes. For the shake, also available in 16- and 24-ounce sizes, vanilla ice cream and raspberry syrup are blended together and finished with whipped topping and a maraschino cherry.

The raspberry iced tea, available in a 24-ounce size, is part of a new line of fresh brewed beverages, Jack in the Box said. “With summer just around the corner, this is a great time to raise awareness of our beverage options,” said Tammy Bailey, division vice president of menu marketing and promotions for Jack in the Box Inc. “Offering the refreshingly distinct flavor of raspberry in three different beverages provides our guests variety that they can’t find at any one of our major competitors.”

The tea sells for $1.89. The shake ranges in price from $2.59 and $2.99, and the smoothie sells for $2.99 to $3.99, Jack in the Box said. The Trio is being served all 2,200 Jack in the Box stores except those in Las Vegas and Tyler, Texas.

Thanks Pamela Parseghian at NRN for the update...

In-N-Out Burger expanding to Texas

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In-N-Out Burger is expanding the chain to Texas for the first time, the furthest East the California-based brand has grown, officials confirmed Thursday.

The 240-unit chain is primarily in California, but in recent years the company has opened units in Nevada, Arizona and Utah, and most recently received approval on a bid to open a unit in Garland, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Carl Van Fleet, In-N-Out’s vice president of planning and development, said in a statement that the company is “working on a few locations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market, and Garland is one of them.”

Plans, however, are in the early stages and Van Fleet would not say when the unit will open. Because In-N-Out has long had a policy of serving never-frozen beef and handling patty production and distribution in house, Van Fleet said the company plans to open a production facility in the Dallas area that would serve units in that region — a first outside California.

The family-operated In-N-Out chain, based in Irvine, Calif., was founded in 1948 and has developed a cult-like following for its simple menu of made-to-order burgers, fresh-cut fries and ice cream milk shakes.

The top 50 fastest growing food chains

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The week in seafood: shortages and high prices put customers and restaurants on alert

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For oyster lovers and the restaurants that cater to them, these are strange days. With the Gulf of Mexico still filled with oil one month after the BP rig explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered an environmental catastrophe, diners and restaurateurs still are unsure whether a seafood apocalypse is nigh.

Some, such as Parkway Bakery, have created a stir among the faithful by removing oysters from the menu. Facing shortages and high prices, particularly for shrimp and oysters, other restaurants have substituted ingredients or raised menu prices. Some have kept their prices firm and swallowed the extra cost of higher-priced seafood. Some long-standing eateries with strong connections to seafood suppliers have had no problems with availability, but have begun stockpiling seafood in cold storage as a precaution.

Dunkin' to hand out free doughnuts

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Dunkin’ Donuts said it will give customers a free doughnut of their choice with the purchase of a beverage on June 4 in celebration of National Doughnut Day.

National Doughnut Day, which was founded by the Chicago Salvation Army in 1938, is held annually on the first Friday of June. It was originally intended to honor the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. "Doughnuts have a special place in our country's history and culture, creating moments of genuine delight and bringing people together at home work and at play," said John Costello, chief global customer and marketing officer for Dunkin' Brands Inc.

Dunkin’ Donuts, a division of Canton-based Dunkin’ Brands Inc., has more than 9,000 restaurants operating in 31 countries worldwide. The free doughnut offer is available only at participating locations.

Thanks for the article Elissa Elan at NRN...

Popeyes introduces Wicked Chicken, iced tea

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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has rolled out a new type of spicy chicken strip as its June limited time offer, along with a permanent menu addition of sweet iced tea in time for summer beverage sales.

The Wicked Chicken is the first LTO rolled out globally to all of the chain’s 1,900 restaurants in 28 countries, said AFC Enterprises Inc., Popeyes parent company based in Atlanta. The iced tea, called Popeyes Cane Sweeeet Iced Tea, is a blend of black and orange pekoe tea, brewed in-restaurant and sweetened with all natural pure cane sugar. It will be available this summer in U.S. restaurants, Popeyes said, and can be ordered sweetened or unsweetened. The price of the new menu item was not immediately available...

Church’s Chicken adds strawberry shortcake dessert

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Church’s Chicken has added a strawberry shortcake dessert to its menu just in time for a summer holidays like Memorial Day and Fourth of July, the chain said. The item, a permanent addition to the quick-serve chicken chain’s menu, is hand-made from scratch and consists of a honey-butter biscuit topped with strawberries in strawberry sauce and whipped cream. The item retails for $1.29 each, and is offered through a promotion with the chain’s family box of chicken. With the purchase of any regular-priced family meal, customers can purchase four strawberry shortcakes for a total of $3.99.

The chain said the shortcake, which debuted systemwide in April, is the first dessert item to be added to the menu in several years. The last permanent dessert item added to the menu was apple pie. The item’s roll out is part of a plan to upgrade the chain’s menu with fresh, high-quality and flavorful items. “We listened to our guests and knew the time was right to offer a dessert that would complement our signature meals,” said Tony Lavely, chief marketing officer for Church’s. “And even though this is a permanent menu item, the timing is right for this refreshing dessert with summer, Memorial Day and Fourth of July quickly approaching.”

The Church’s Chicken system totals about 1,700 stores in 22 countries.

Top 10 Wine Varietals

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Chardonnay just beats Merlot by 2%!!!

Top 10 Fried Appetizers

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NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO SERVE! CHICKEN STRIPS AND NUGGETS SEEMS TO BE CUSTOMERS FAVORITE!!!

Restaurant websites: casting the net

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Does it matter how restaurants communicate online? Industry observers clearly think so. Of late the trade press has been full of sage web 2.0 wisdom, with Restaurant Magazine even publishing a 32-page online marketing supplement.

But then, clearly restaurants need all the help they can get. Rare is the restaurant that doesn't have a website these days. Even rarer is finding a good one. Elegantly designed and / or witty sites that deliver accurate information swiftly are at a premium. Earlier this month I had to gently point out to a Michelin-starred venue that someone had misspelled 'restaurant' in 28-point font on their homepage. That is how seriously many restaurants treat their websites.

Precisely what errors, on a website, might put you - the potential customer - off, may well be a matter of taste. Personally, I can tolerate the odd spelling mistake and, even, the occasional out-of-date menu. Neither inspires confidence, but restaurants are hectic places. Peripheral details can be overlooked. Plus, I am not sure there is a direct correlation between someone's ability to cook my tea and their punctuation. They're very different skills.

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Papa John's kicks off online recipe contest

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Pizza chain Papa John's International is conducting a web-based contest encouraging consumers to create a new pizza for its menu. The effort began May 25.

The company is urging consumers to share recipes for the chance to make a new menu item in its “Papa's Specialty Pizza Challenge.” It is promoting the contest through online ads and its Facebook page. The creative was developed in-house, but Facebook app developer Stuzo worked on the social networking application. Papa John's is also e-mailing its database, running banner ads, TV ads and ads on pizza boxes.

Papa John's primary goal is to put the focus on its "Better ingredients, better pizza" brand positioning, said Melissa Richards-Person, senior director of advertising and promotions at Papa John's. “We wanted to do that in a way that was engaging and authentic, that would give consumers a reason to want to learn about our ingredients,” she said.

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Travel should be up over Memorial Day weekend

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Travel should be up over Memorial Day weekend, in which means that the more people on the road restaurant sales should rise. More Americans are expected to hit the road this weekend, kicking off a summer that foodservice operators hope will continue to fuel the sales recovery that began for many this spring. Travel organization AAA projects that 32.1 million people will travel over the long Memorial Day weekend, an increase of 5.4 percent compared with last year when 30.5 million Americans took trips.

And, as millions of travelers seize the opportunity to take a holiday break, restaurateurs across the nation are hoping to have an opportunity to feed them....