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.
When Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises bought its Big Bowl Fresh Chinese and Thai chain back from Brinker International in March 2005, the company took the opportunity to reposition itself at the forefront of the green...
It’s important to understand where the Plain White Shake lives,” Andy Dismore says, “because it lives within a menu of other items. We’ve been able to create some really killer food.”He showed his hand at using the word “killer,” which is more...
With research showing that 74 percent of Americans eat pasta at least once a week, Pizza Hut saw a business opportunity to expand its market by introducing family-sized pasta dinners, primarily for take-out and delivery. The resulting...
NEW YORK More than 300 guests representing a who’s who of industry leaders filled Gotham Hall in New York City recently to celebrate the 25th annual Elliot Leadership Conference. (Click here to view slideshow)This year...
To walk into the handsome new restaurant Bottega Louie in downtown Los Angeles, guests must first pass through the “market,” a retail space offering baked goods, bottles of wine and olive oil, jars of jelly or chutney, fresh cheeses, charcuterie...
The third time may be the charm for restaurant owner Charlie Green.After being rejected twice in recent months for a Small Business Administration loan, he’s set to apply again just as the federal government has outlined plans to help banks turn...
Tracy Finklang, corporate beverage manager for Louisville, Colo.-based Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc., simply stopped ordering kegs of beer from a supplier who raised the price by 14 percent. “That was pretty extreme,” she says...
In his inaugural address as the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama chose to focus on restaurants as a way of illustrating the monumental changes that have shaped this nation over the recent decades.Speaking to millions of people...
