NRN surveyed over 400 restaurant operators for our latest market leader report. Discover how these industry leaders are leveraging data to shape their strategies and drive success.
FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. After receiving an undisclosed capital infusion from Woodbridge Holdings Corp., an investment and holding company, Pizza Fusion, the eight-unit, fast-casual pizza chain, has hired the investment firm’s managing director as its...
SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. has been targeted in lawsuits by landlords who claim the coffeehouse giant owes them money in connection with either leases the chain has backed away from or leases at shuttered units, the Wall Street Journal reported...
ANN ARBOR Mich. Domino’s Pizza Inc. reported Tuesday an 8-percent drop in third-quarter profit as sales continued to decline in its U.S. market and the nationwide credit freeze led to slower unit development among franchisees. The parent to...
COLUMBUS Ohio Damon’s International, the operator or franchisor to 65 Damon’s Grill restaurants, has named Robert Forbes vice president of operations for the casual-dining chain, the company said Tuesday. Forbes’ new role with Damon’s was...
The first restaurant that bore Glen Bell’s name had nothing to do with tacos. Not at first, anyway. Bell’s Hamburgers sold just that when he opened it in 1948 in San Bernardino, Calif., a few miles away from a popular drive-in...
LOUISVILLE KY. Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut systems anchor the world’s largest restaurant network, has vowed to post per-serving calorie counts on the menu boards of all its U.S. outlets and push for a sweeping federal disclosure rule affecting...
One standard for all. That’s the new battle cry as the restaurant industry faces a growing patchwork of city, county and state mandates requiring chain operators to post nutrition data on menus and menu boards.While many agree nutrition disclosure...
When asked why BJ’s Restaurants Inc. brought on Jerry Deitchle as president and chief executive in 2005, chain founder Paul Motenko doesn’t hesitate. “We thought our company needed discipline and structure,” Motenko says. “We...
Arestaurateur would have to wake up pretty early to outperform Wingstop chief executive James A. Flynn—seriously early. Flynn, who has led 370-unit Wingstop to 21 consecutive quarters of same-store sales increases, rises every morning...
