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	<description>Culinary Innovator &#124; Author &#124; Keynote Speaker</description>
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		<title>New Video Recipe &amp; Cooking Video Site Goes Live</title>
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		<title>John Besh Opening New Restaurant On Riverwalk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrity Chef John Besh To Open New Restaurant LUKE In New Downtown Hotel Later This Fall&#8230; Chef Besh has been a fan of San Antonio for many, many years. Being an avid quail hunter, he and his wife have visited the Alamo City often and now he has decided to expand his restaurant empire a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/john-besh-opening-new-restaurant-on-riverwalk/</link>
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		<title>Street Corner Advertising Is Becoming More Popular</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen them on the corner while you are stuck in traffic. Those guys and girls waving, spinning, tossing, and generally having fun with a company&#8217;s logo or directional sign. Here is a short video and article about the success of these campaigns with local restaurants and small businesses here in San Antonio. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/street-corner-advertising-is-becoming-more-popular/</link>
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		<title>Chipotle Mexican Grill Reports Amazing 2Q profits and sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite and most frequented restaurants is absolutely killing it in sales and profitability AGAIN this past quarter. (Why oh why did I not invest in this thing back in 1995??!!) You can read the full article here at Nation&#8217;s Restaurant News Mark]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/chipotle-mexican-grill-reports-amazing-2q-profits-and-sales/</link>
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		<title>Top Food Trends At IFT 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another great conference! Some of the relevant trends and emerging trends to watch that I noticed at this year show were the following: 1. Low Sodium and Salt reduction ingredients. Finally the industry is heeding the desire from the public for our food to NOT be loaded with sodium. 2. Gluten-Free products and applications 3. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/top-food-trends-at-ift-2010/</link>
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		<title>Fleming&#8217;s Prime Steakhouse Promotes Lobster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleague Russell Skall, Corporate Chef for Fleming&#8217;s says the inspiration for the Maine Lobster &#38; Seafood Boil he created for this upcoming LTO menu offering reminds him of vacationing along the New England Coastline. “One of my favorite ways to enjoy Maine lobster is in a traditional New England seafood boil,” said Skall. “I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/flemings-prime-steakhouse-promotes-lobster/</link>
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		<title>Restaurant Recovery? Thousands Close This Past Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Independent restaurants were hardest hit this past year according to a new CREST report. The total number of units closed was over 5,000 and independent restaurants faired worse than the national chains. Cited as reasons were sales and traffic declines chiefly due to prolonged high unemployment. Read the full article here. Mark]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/restaurant-recovery-thousands-close-this-past-year/</link>
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		<title>Wendy&#8217;s Introduces New Line of Gourmet Salads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After seeing these salads in test for the past few months, Wendy&#8217;s will be rolling out a new entree salad line nationwide. If you recall, Wendy&#8217;s was the first chain that brought the salad bar to the fast food arena. They also were first movers in 2002 with their  Garden Sensations line. My good friend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/wendys-introduces-new-line-of-gourmet-salads/</link>
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		<title>Romano&#8217;s Macaroni Grill Replaces 2 Executives Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newsflash just came over the wires&#8230;Read about it by clicking here]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/romanos-macaroni-grill-replaces-2-executives-today/</link>
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		<title>Could Grocery Store Meals One Day Replace Restaurants?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a top-line consumer report from one of the biggest consumer research think-tanks in nation that stated customers are racing to prepared food and meals from supermarket retailers&#8230;and why restaurants should be concerned. A snap shot of the data reports that of those consumers that were interviewed, over half were more likely to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark-garcia.com/2010/07/could-grocery-store-meals-one-day-replace-restaurants/</link>
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