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.
Despite rising costs, slower traffic at some accounts and other challenges stemming from the lethargic economy, contract foodservice providers say they are working to hold their own, with some even reporting slight growth in certain sectors...
THIS 35TH EDITION OF NATION’S RESTAURANT NEWS’ ANNUAL Top 100 report is the first installment of a comprehensive two-part study, generated through exclusive research by the editors of the publication.The Top 100 report and the forthcoming Second...
Changes in the buffet segment seem inevitable as the largest player, Eagan, Minn.-based Buffets Holdings Inc., continues restructuring efforts following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in January. The operator and franchisor, which is...
Why wasn’t my chain or company included?If a chain did not generate at least $448.6 million in domestic systemwide sales in its latest year—the result attributed to the No. 100 chain in this year’s study—it will not appear in any of the Top 100...
So, you say you want to work for a star chef. You’ve dined in all of his restaurants and watched him on the Food Network. You’ve bought all of her cookbooks and tried to reproduce the recipes at home. You’ve seen their branded products...
When Mimi’s Café was looking to open restaurants in Texas, its staff on the ground there insisted that fried pickles absolutely had to be offered as an appetizer. Fried pickles can be made from either spears or chips, explains...
CHICAGO National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. —Just as diners have acquired a taste for flavorful and exotic meals, they’ve developed more sophisticated palates for...
CHICAGO McDonald’s Corp. vice chairman and chief executive Jim Skinner urged attendees of the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show and convention to resolve that critical issue and others by working as allies rather than competitors...
CHICAGO National Restaurant Association Restaurant Hotel-Motel Show. –“Coach Joe” Crosby, an entrepreneur known for supporting young talent in the hospitality industry, spoke to winners of the...
