Restaurant Business Magazine - Trends, Ideas and News
WEBRestaurant Rewind. "Restaurant Rewind" is a weekly podcast hosted by Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo as he looks at the people, concepts and trends that helped create the restaurant industry as we know it today. Listen.
Top 500 Chains - Restaurant Business
WEBThe Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report is a measure of the largest restaurant concepts by U.S. systemwide sales, based on results from the 2019 calendar year. Relevant information is accrued using a combination of public company financial filings, direct operator surveying, franchise disclosure documents and proprietary valuation algorithms.
Dan Cathy steps down as Chick-fil-A CEO - Restaurant Business
WEBSep 16, 2021 · Dan Cathy, who guided Chick-fil-A through an incredible run of growth despite a changing industry landscape and controversial comments over gay marriage, will step down as the chain’s CEO, effective Nov. 1. His son Andrew Truett Cathy will take over the top job, becoming only the third CEO in the Atlanta-based chain’s history, following his ...
Boston Market is down to 27 restaurants - Restaurant Business
WEBMar 11, 2024 · Boston Market’s downfall may be coming to its final weeks as the once-national chain of rotisserie chicken restaurants is down to just about 27 locations, several sources told Restaurant Business. Meanwhile, a federal court judge on Friday terminated Boston Market owner Jay Pandya’s second personal bankruptcy filing over technical issues.
National Restaurant Association offers free training and …
WEBApr 8, 2020 · By National Restaurant Association on Apr. 08, 2020. The National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe food safety training and certification program is offering its online Food Handler training program free through April 30. The training has helped educate more than 3 million line-level and front-of-house employees on food safety.
A brief history of Quiznos’ collapse - Restaurant Business
WEBJun 13, 2018 · On Monday, Quiznos was sold to an investment firm out of San Diego. This has given me time to tell the story of one of the biggest restaurant chain collapses in industry history. Between 2007 and 2017, Quiznos shrunk from 4,700 U.S. locations to fewer than 400. We can find no other example of a …
Ghost Kitchen Brands opens 1st U.S. location, in a Walmart
WEBBy Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 01, 2021. Ghost Kitchen Brands has planted its flag in the U.S. The Canadian provider of off-premise-only kitchen spaces on Wednesday opened its first domestic location, inside a Walmart in Rochester, N.Y. Ghost Kitchens has a deal with the retail giant to open at least 30 such outlets here over the next two years.
Over half of restaurants that use DoorDash report revenue, …
WEBAug 29, 2022 · Just over half of restaurants that use DoorDash to handle delivery said the partnership has brought them new customers and incremental revenue, while nearly six in 10 said it has helped increase their overall revenue. That’s according to DoorDash’s latest Economic Impact Report, a study conducted in partnership with Oxford Economics to ...
14 years after disappearing, Steak and Ale is set to return
WEBJan 17, 2023 · 14 years after disappearing, Steak and Ale is set to return. For its second act, the casual-dining pioneer will revive many of its signature elements while adding some new tricks. By Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 17, 2023. The new Steak and Ale will have a polished-casual feel. / All photos courtesy of Legendary Restaurant Brands.
How Original ChopShop is growing like a big chain while it’s still …
WEBMar 7, 2022 · The chain saw average unit volumes of $2.4 million in 2021. And Original ChopShop has managed without drive-thrus, preferring end-cap units with patios that are between 2,300- and 2,800-square-feet, Morgan said. “If people are relying on their development to only take (drive-thrus), it’s going to slow them down,” he said.