http://www.foodservice.com/news/ Foodservice.com Daily Buzz en-us Copyright 2009 Foodservice.com. http://www.foodservice.com.com/rss/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST http://www.foodservice.com/images/foodservice_home.jpg http://www.foodservice.com The Lawry's chain of high-end steakhouses will pay more than $1 million to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit contending that for decades it hired only women as servers, the government said Monday. The lawsuit, filed in 2006 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said that a company as large as Pasadena-based Lawry's Restaurants Inc. should have known that the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited such a policy. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8101 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:23:53 EST In 2001 famed French chef Daniel Boulud rocked the restaurant world—and he did it with the most unlikely of dishes: the hamburger. Before it became a global phenomenon, the db Burger—a sirloin stuffed with braised short ribs and foie gras on a Parmesan bun that sells for a cool $32—was unlike any burger creation that had come before it. Not since the advent of Dijonaise had there been such brazen creative liberty taken with an American classic known more for its unadorned reliability than its culinary eccentricity. It was indeed one giant leap. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8100 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:22:38 EST ediately. Mr. Buehler will also serve on the Company's Board of Directors. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Buehler was the Chief Executive Officer of LS Management, Inc., the owner and operator of the Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon/Texas Land and Cattle Steak House restaurant concepts, as well as Lone Star Business Solutions, an external accounting, IT and HR provider, where he served from July 2007 to May 2009. Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon consists of 141 company restaurants, 5 domestic franchise restaurants, and 10 international franchise restaurants, while Texas Land and Cattle Steak House consists of 28 company restaurants. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8099 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:35 EST arbucks announced its new customer loyalty card program called My Starbucks Rewards, which will launch on December 26 in all U.S. Starbucks stores. Consolidating the two current programs, Starbucks Card Rewards and Starbucks Gold card, the new streamlined program delivers value with no annual fee, allows members to use one registered card (any Starbucks Card), and provides customized rewards that increase with frequency of use. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8098 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:19:50 EST Restaurant industry performance remained soft in September, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant activity declined for the second consecutive month. The association's Restaurant Performance Index (RPI)—a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry—stood at 97.5 in September, down 0.4 percent from August and its 23rd consecutive month below 100. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8097 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:19:16 EST Fox, Gordon Ramsay and producer Reveille are teaming up to bring the hot international cooking format 'Master Chef' to the United States. The network has made a series commitment to the chef-themed show, which will be produced by Reveille and Ramsay's One Potato Two Potato unit. The deal comes just five months after Reveille parent Shine confirmed to UK trade Broadcast plans to revive the 'Master Chef' brand, which was originally produced for the BBC more than a decade ago. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8096 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:18:33 EST Two years ago, you'd have found Joel Humphreys filleting his way through hundreds of kilograms of fish in Rockpool's subterranean seafood station. Last week, Humphreys and his mates from his days at Rockpool – Nicholas Wong, Graeme Hunt, Kim Gastmier, Tom Anglesea and Katie Sharp – were running the show at a charity dinner to raise money for the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8095 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:17:38 EST Tony Geraci, food service director for Baltimore City Public Schools, is an emerging champion of healthy school food, along with Alice Waters, Anne Cooper and Michelle Obama--and, as with them, the press has hungrily followed Geraci since he moved from New Hampshire to Baltimore last year to take over food service for the public school system. Lately, it has seemed even hungrier, because of a decision the Baltimore school system made: the school system's 80,000 students weren't going to get any meat on Mondays. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8094 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:43 EST Four American Fork teens are in hot water for upsetting a McDonald's restaurant manager with a hip-hop order at the drive-through, but the parents are saying their boys are getting a bad rap for their bad rap. About 7 p.m. Tuesday, the teens -- one 18 and three-17-year-olds -- decided to emulate a popular YouTube video and rap their order at the American Fork eatery. The employee was not amused, and asked the boys to speak not sing, said police Sgt. Gregg Ludlow. When they rapped again, the manager went outside, and asked them to speak their order or leave. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8093 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:57:18 EST Gourmet magazine went under, yet Every Day with Rachael Ray is flying off of shelves. Sure, a collective gasp was heard throughout the food community when that happened, but Anthony Bourdain -- host of the Travel Channel's 'Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations' -- wasn't surprised. 'It's a sign of the times,' sniffed the Culinary Institute of America-trained chef and author. 'I'm not trying to be alarmist, but anyone who thinks (food-related) print media is going to survive is kidding themselves.' http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8092 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:54:56 EST