Nation’s Restaurant News teams up with Datassential and its Firefly data platform to present a look at the restaurant landscape that tracks the performance of the largest 500 chains.
Even though restaurateurs and their customers felt the pressure to save more and spend less this past year, both groups maintained their appetites for giving money and donating time to charitable causes. Philanthropic activity in the restaurant...
The desire to appease the public’s growing environmental consciousness and reduce costs prompted operators to embrace eco-friendly practices in 2009.• Ted’s Montana Grill, the Atlanta-based, 57-unit dinnerhouse chain co-founded by media mogul and...
MENU ADDITIONSRECESSION FARE Hardee’s rolled out a Fried Bologna Biscuit sandwich with American cheese and folded eggs for $1.89 and for $3.59 as part of a combo meal with Hash Rounds. Owned by Carpinteria, Calif.-based CKE...
ADSDomino’s began the year with two effective and timely TV commercials starring its chief executive, David Brandon. In his screen debut, Brandon burned a cease-and-desist letter from competitor Subway, who formally requested that Domino’s stop...
While the coffee wars continued to boil throughout the year, the ever-popular java returned to its average-Joe roots but with some upscale appeal.Starbucks wrestled with falling sales as recession-battered consumers cut spending. At the same time...
In 2009’s tough economic climate, where every penny counted, operators looked to alcoholic beverages to fill up in profits.Operators prepared specialty drinks with less expensive brands and ingredients while they changed and updated beverage menus...
The foodservice industry spent 2009 slogging through the worst economy in living memory, facing customers whose most frugal moods in previous years seemed downright extravagant compared with their attitude over the past 12 months. Consequently...
