Sue Hensley, (202) 331-5964
Annika Stensson, (202) 973-3677
Katie Laning Niebaum, (202) 973-3967
E-mail: media@restaurant.org
The National Restaurant Association and Food News Media – publisher of QSR magazine and Restaurant Management – are collaborating on a news podcast series addressing key industry issues. Read a press release here about the partnership.
July 25, 2011 - The Dish on Nutrition and Kids LiveWell
Host Blair Chancey, editorial director of Food News Media, speaks with Joan Rector McGlockton, the National Restaurant Association’s vice president of industry affairs and food policy, about the Association’s nutrition initiatives, including recent developments in menu-labeling legislation, supporting Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign, and the new Kids LiveWell program.
Listen below or on iTunes.
Part One
Part Two
May 21, 2011 - The Dish on Sustainability in the Restaurant Industry
This first podcast features Chris Moyer, manager of the Association’s Conserve: Solutions for Sustainability initiative, discussing “going greener” and the new Conserve Education and Recognition Program.
Listen below or on iTunes.
$632 – total restaurant industry sales in 2012
12.9 million – number of restaurant industry employees in 2012
970,000 – number of restaurant locations in 2012
48% - restaurant industry share of the food dollar