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.
PORTLAND Ore. Angling for patrons too time-poor to sit through the typical full-service restaurant meal, the new Blue Sage Café here is using an ordering kiosk networked with an ergonomically designed, high-efficiency kitchen to create a faster...
Mushrooms may rarely be a marquee ingredient, but chefs at high-end establishments, vegetarian eateries and large chains alike say mushrooms’ ability to enhance the flavors and textures of dishes make them an indispensable part of their kitchen...
If there’s one item every restaurant should put on the menu during these challenging economic times, it is the classic American hamburger, say those who have watched the power of the patty grow even as consumers rein in restaurant spending.Though...
CHINO HILLS Calif. Yard House Restaurants on Sunday opened a smaller and more streamlined “little sister” bar-and-grill variant to its namesake brand...
PURCHASE, N.Y. Green Restaurant Association, a not-for-profit national environmental organization based in Boston. —PepsiCo Foodservice has formed a strategic partnership with the The...
WASHINGTON Two units of a restaurant chain have been cited as the source for at least nine of the 228 instances of salmonella poisoning that officials have traced back to contaminated tomatoes. However, federal authorities would not reveal the...
MIAMI Benihana officials said last week that it was too early to gauge results of the Japanese chain’s new value-oriented promotion, but noted that the campaign would continue until Aug. 31. The multimedia marketing effort stresses value...
CRANSTON R.I. —After 11 years of arguing the business case for diversity in the industry, the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance is changing its strategy to give more attention to the...
Shawna Herrick, a server for the past seven years at the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar in St. Petersburg, Fla., is working as many hours as she always has but is bringing home a lot less money. A mother who works the day...
PLANO TEXAS Bennigan’s, Ponderosa, Steak & Ale and other chains, is the latest restaurant company looking to restructure its debt after getting hit with the one-two punch of slowed sector sales and skyrocketing operating costs. ...
