http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/ News releases about the restaurant industry and the National Restaurant Association. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:00:00 EST en-us http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1885 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1885 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST National Restaurant Association 2010-02-01 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1884 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1884 Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) - a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry - stood at 98.7 in December, up 0.9 percent from November and its strongest level in nearly two years. ]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST National Restaurant Association 2010-01-28 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1882 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1882 National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) today announced that they have joined with Share Our Strength to organize Restaurants for Relief-Haiti to galvanize the restaurant industry's fundraising initiative. The program is an extension of the original Restaurants for Relief in 2005 that raised nearly $1 million from the nation's restaurants to aid recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. ]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST National Restaurant Association 2010-01-27 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1883 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1883 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST National Restaurant Association 2010-01-27 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1881 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1881 Local 121 restaurant in Providence, R.I., was awarded the first annual 2010 Mayors' Culinary Cup Award, the National Restaurant Association announced. The award was presented today during the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) winter meeting by the Association's immediate past chairman Michael Kaufman. ]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST National Restaurant Association 2010-01-22 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1879 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1879 Restaurant Industry Forecast released today. Industry sales are projected to reach $580 billion this year, a 2.5 percent increase in current dollars over 2009 sales. When adjusted for inflation, 2010 sales will be essentially flat, which is an improvement over the 1.2 percent and 2.9 percent negative growth in real sales that the industry experienced in 2008 and 2009, respectively. ]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST National Restaurant Association 2010-01-20 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1880 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1880 Heartland Payment Systems&#174, one of the nation's largest payments processors, are forming a strategic partnership that will deliver the first-ever unified payments processing platform to the restaurant industry. This alliance will provide restaurateurs nationwide with effective tools, solutions and resources that will help them reduce their expenses, improve operations and increase profitability - all from one source with integrated technology product platforms. ]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST National Restaurant Association 2010-01-18 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1878 http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1878 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST National Restaurant Association 2010-01-11