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Roses, carnations and lilies droop from the chain-link fence outside Thurston High School, and a makeshift plywood cross juts from the ground nearby. Beneath it, a hand-printed sign reads WILL WE EVER LEARN? But as the timber town of Springfield, Ore. (pop. 51,000), grieved last week, the lessons were far from obvious...
...Buffeted by high promotional costs and declining per-store sales, the company announced that its three top officers, including co-founders Saad Nadhir and Scott Beck, had resigned. Boston Market quickly installed J. Michael Jenkins, a veteran restaurant executive credited with turning around the ailing Dallas-based El Chico chain...
...store Wolfgang Puck's To Go and dine by a roaring fireplace in a cozy corner of the market--a move that would have once seemed about as down-market as getting ready for a date at the makeup counter at Macy's. The Ukrop's chain, based in Richmond, Va., has been selling prepared meals since the mid-'80s. Today 45% of store space is devoted to selling 130 takeout items, which are freshly prepared, often in front of customers...
...supermarket is starting to look more like a restaurant, places like EatZi's in Dallas are an unconventional hybrid of the two. Started by Phil Romano, the founder of Fuddruckers restaurant chain, EatZi's serves more than 400 items like poached raspberry salmon ($4.99 a portion) or grilled tenderloin ($19.99 per lb.) prepared by 35 on-site chefs and bakers daily. Shoppers can sniff 100 different kinds of cheeses or make their own six-packs of international and domestic microbrews to the strains of Italian opera...
...LIONS: Off Peru and Chile, the warming of the ocean has disrupted the food chain, and marine mammals are going hungry...