Welcome to First Bite, a Nation’s Restaurant News podcast, your daily source of news from NRN.
Casual dining struggled during the pandemic mainly because it had been such an on-premises business before 2020, and the pandemic wiped that all out. That's when off-premises became the crux of everyone business and QSR became king, along with those that had drive-thrus. Soon, everyone was switching to off-premises, even opening casual-dining drive-thrus like that at Smokey Bones.
One chain that focused on off-premises business was Texas Roadhouse and, as senior editor Ron Ruggless walks us through, they worked hard to gain their footing.
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