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    <description>Phil Mangieri is a Partner at Restaurant Research LLC - a research firm which leverages an extensive network of industry players as part of its annual Concept Benchmark Analysis due diligence process for 22 large US restaurant chains.  Also, RR tracks store level data for all major chains with system-wide sales in excess of $1B across all major restaurant segments in order to produce 11 key Industry Data Topic reports.  </description>
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      <title>1Q13 Sales Comp Bottom?</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong><a target='_blank' href='http://ChainRestaurantData' rel="nofollow">ChainRestaurantData</a>.com</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%20Comp%20Bottom%20June%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Restaurant Research Think Piece: 1Q13 Sales Comp Bottom?</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:59:05 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong><a target='_blank' href='http://ChainRestaurantData' rel="nofollow">ChainRestaurantData</a>.com</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%20Comp%20Bottom%20June%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Restaurant Research Think Piece: 1Q13 Sales Comp Bottom?</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <title>Restaurant Research's Thermometer Magazine Now Available</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://chainrestaurantdata.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>www.ChainRestaurantData.com</strong></a></p><p>Restaurant Research just completed our monthly Thermometer Research Magazine which provides a comprehensive wrap-up of key trends among $1B+ restaurant chains.</p><p><a href="http://chainrestaurantdata.com/thermometer/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click here to download entire report</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:52:09 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://chainrestaurantdata.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>www.ChainRestaurantData.com</strong></a></p><p>Restaurant Research just completed our monthly Thermometer Research Magazine which provides a comprehensive wrap-up of key trends among $1B+ restaurant chains.</p><p><a href="http://chainrestaurantdata.com/thermometer/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click here to download entire report</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <category type="symbol" link="http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/tag/real estate values">real estate values</category>
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      <title>$1B+ Chains Losing Restaurant Industry Share</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Read our free <em>Think Piece</em> outlining how $1B+ chains are losing restaurant industry share:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%201B%20Mkt%20Shr%20May%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click here to download report</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>www.ChainRestaurantData.com</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 12:20:45 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Read our free <em>Think Piece</em> outlining how $1B+ chains are losing restaurant industry share:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%201B%20Mkt%20Shr%20May%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click here to download report</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>www.ChainRestaurantData.com</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <title>What QSR Can Learn From Pizza's Value Equation?</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>www.ChainRestaurantData.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Restaurant Research Think Piece Announcement</strong></p><p><strong>What QSR Can Learn from Pizza's Value Equation?</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%20Pizza%20Value%20May%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click on this link to download report</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:33 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>www.ChainRestaurantData.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Restaurant Research Think Piece Announcement</strong></p><p><strong>What QSR Can Learn from Pizza's Value Equation?</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%20Pizza%20Value%20May%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click on this link to download report</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <title>Calculating Remodel ROI</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>We just completed a Think Piece: Calculating Remodel ROI</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%20Remodel%20ROI%20May%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click here to read</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:51:31 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>We just completed a Think Piece: Calculating Remodel ROI</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%20Remodel%20ROI%20May%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click here to read</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <title>Comparing Middle Market Valuations And Leverage</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%20Middle%20Market%20May%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click here for Think Piece: Comparing Middle Market Valuations and Leverage</strong></a></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 13:30:31 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.chainrestaurantdata.com/storage-think-pieces-press-rel/Think%20Piece%20Middle%20Market%20May%202013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Click here for Think Piece: Comparing Middle Market Valuations and Leverage</strong></a></p>]]>
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