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Given the sharp growth trajectory of (and demand for) chicken concepts, we’d be remiss not to do the same with for that category. Based on recently released data from Technomic, here are the ...
Curtis Duffy, James Beard winner and consulting chef on ‘The Bear,’ shares menu inspirationCurtis Duffy, James Beard winner and consulting chef on ‘The Bear,’ shares menu inspiration The ...
The most satisfying restaurant chains, Darden’s impressive results, and what to make of MAHAThe most satisfying restaurant chains, Darden’s impressive results, and what to make of MAHA Plus, a ...
Emerging, a growth capital firm investing in restaurant innovation, technology, and experiential entertainment, has named G.J. Hart, the former Red Robin executive, as managing partner, the ...
This week on Nation's Restaurant News, the top story was “Chris Turner will be the next CEO of Yum Brands.” Turner, the company’s current chief financial and franchise officer, will succeed ...
In-N-Out Burger announced Tuesday that it would enter the New Mexico market by 2027. The new restaurant, in Albuquerque, N.M., will be the first in the state. In a Facebook post, CEO Lynsi Snyder ...
With this list of the top 100 emerging chains with fewer than 100 locations, Nation’s Restaurant News set out to quantify which emerging brands truly possessed the most momentum across the U.S ...
Another key takeaway from Yelp’s report is that the restaurant industry overall experienced a 10% gain in new business openings from April 2022 to March 2023, versus April 2021 to March 2022 ...
For our index, we have taken a deeper look at three key themes — food, price/value and loyalty/referral — to determine the strongest casual dining brands related to these themes. Merchant ...
Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present The Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America. We also look at unit and estimated ...
Hint: It isn’t profitability.Third-party delivery has, in many ways, been a boon to all involved. Although not all delivery sales are incremental to on-premises sales, restaurants have generated ...
While many concepts, like McDonald’s and Portillo’s, are targeting the fast-growing Southwest and Southeast regions for growth, Chick-fil-A is heading in a different direction, this week ...