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CAN RESTAURANTS SURVIVE IN THE PROCESSED FOODS ERA? / part two of three

by Larry Sheingold | Aug 19, 2015

By Larry Sheingold – “Devour food that’s good for you, the same way you devour food that is not good for you.” That’s the ad copy for a recent Panera Bread TV campaign – and the core of the restaurant chain’s marketing strategy for surviving the Corporately... Read More
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