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.
As competition in the restaurant industry heats up and consumer expectations constantly change, the creation of embraceable, distinct brand identities is increasingly critical for marketers striving to set their concepts apart from the pack.But...
Success in the restaurant industry revolves largely around anticipating the unexpected. For many operators, handling the larger-than-normal lunch rush, the party of 16 that walks in the door at 7 p.m. and the employee who doesn’t show up for a...
Seth McDonald had worked only a few lawn mowing jobs when he went to work for a Dairy Queen franchisee in Two Harbors, Minn. Fifteen years later, the 31-year-old is now vice president of operations for that 11-unit franchisee. Cheryl...
In the decade-long tradition of the MenuMasters Awards, this year’s winners represent a well-deserving slate of research and development executives, leaders and influential restaurant companies. In the past year, the honorees played crucial roles...
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. —Operators at the Restaurant Leadership Conference here this month addressed issues ranging from effective methods for culinary innovation to the marketing merits of Wi-Fi services to the changing ambitions of...
“Change will come. It’s only a matter of who brings it.”—Richard C. Breeden, hedge fund manager, Applebee’s stake-holder, former SEC chairmanFor more than two years, the restaurant industry has witnessed and been affected by the heightened...
Before digging into informal meals, young Chilean hosts may say, “Atacamos.” The term literally means, “Let’s attack.” In the South American country, as in many others, food and wine are enthusiastically embraced. But for many Chileans, the...
Women are still a long way from reaching parity with men in the executive suites and board rooms of foodservice companies, but the path to the corner office has fewer roadblocks now that it has become easier to find mentors who can help them get...
Move over, chocolate and vanilla. If Vic Cherikoff is right, wattleseed will soon rank as a similarly important “world flavor.” Cherikoff, cookbook author, chef and co-host of the Australian television show “Dining Down Under,” is widely credited...
Abottle of red, a bottle of white. It all depends upon your appetite.”Those are some of the lyrics to Billy Joel’s song, “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” but they also represent today’s state of mind when it comes to dining out in the wine and...
