National Restaurant Institute
School of Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management
Carolina Coliseum 
Columbia, SC  29208

Phone: 803.777.6665
FAX 803.777.1224
Email : NRI@mailbox.sc.edu

The Institute provides nationwide leadership in developing the following areas:

	Proactive policy analyses relative to developing trends and issues impacting the restaurant and foodservice industry. Currently these issues include- the living wage political initiatives, minimum wage impacts, training and hiring interventions to combat high turn-over employment rates, foodservice sanitation concerns of the dining public and ecological concerns of government agencies.
	National reports on issues of concern to the industry, and more specifically, the  Institute’s stakeholders. These include training outlooks, recruiting forecasts, trends predictions for service, food, ambiance, and buying habits.
	Creation of an Annual Conference of Industry and Academic Leaders. The events of this conference will identify areas of concern to industry and facilitate timely responses to external threats and opportunities.
	Partnering issues created by strategic alliances between and among restaurant and foodservice firms.