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.
SANTA BARBARA CALIF. In-N-Out Burger’s market share and the expansion aims of several other burger brands with formidable pedigrees. —The Habit Burger Grill, a 23-unit chain with a cult...
The nation’s leading pizza chains have always competed on product and price, but the use of new technology as a marketing channel is becoming just as important as the latest meal deal or promotional item.Interactive campaigns, mobile coupons and...
As their aggregate top-line and new-unit growth rates slowed, the nation’s 100 largest foodservice brands nonetheless punched through the $200 billion barrier in U.S. systemwide sales in their latest full fiscal years, only to confront worsening...
Despite consumers’ abiding attraction to indulgent sweets and specialty drinks, the industry’s leading beverage and snack chains are proving not to be immune to economic and competitive pressures.The segment has witnessed changes in leadership...
Are sugar-loving Americans in the nation’s heartland ready for the tart taste of newfangled “natural” frozen yogurt that’s become trendy in Los Angeles and New York?Though that question awaits a clear answer, many established and upstart frozen...
Feathers have been flying in the quick-service chicken sector as two major brands retool under new ownership, a third adjusts to a change in executive leadership and all struggle to compensate for soaring commodity costs and endlessly spiraling...
Pedro and Juan Luis Salcedo, owners of Juanito Restaurant in Baeza, Spain, have operated the fine-dining institution begun by their parents in 1953 well enough to earn a listing in the guidebook of Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe, which translates...
Just up the block from where I live in Chicago is an upscale Irish bistro that I visit regularly, though I wouldn’t call myself a frequent customer. A friend and I usually eat there in the early evening. Not once have we had a bad meal, and the...
