We may be hitting a ceiling on menu inflation. January’s Consumer Price Index report was released Tuesday morning, showing that menu prices were up 0.6% in January...
McDonald’s is doubling down on its Famous Meal orders, announcing a new Cardi B and Offset Meal during Sunday’s Super Bowl. The Grammy Award winning rapper and her husband Offset, from the Atlanta rap group Migos, will debut their meal at...
Welcome to the Chicken Showdown, the third showdown from Nation's Restaurant News. In this iteration, we are pitting nine chicken chains from all over the country against one another...
A Denver administrative law judge ruled Monday that Starbucks violated the National Labor Relations Act and had to reinstate a previously terminated employee at a Denver store — which had voted to unionize in May 2022 — and to also expunge warning...
During McDonald’s Q4 earnings call, executives noted that the chain is gaining market share in chicken. KFC may have an answer for that, by announcing the launch of its Kentucky Fried Chicken Wraps. They are available nationwide...
Independent restaurant operators continue to manage a confluence of challenges, but January’s rent picture provided a thin silver lining relative to previous months...
The January jobs report exceeded expectations across the board, with unemployment rates dropping to 3.4% - the lowest level since May 1969, according to the U.S. Labor Department. The Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed the leisure...
Even though 2023 was the first NAFEM (North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers) show in four years, there were a lot of familiar faces and industry solutions we saw peppered throughout the show floor, from kitchen essentials to...
Between dining-room closures, supply-chain disruptions and labor shortages, full-service restaurants have been riding a roller-coaster the past few years. And while sales at casual and upscale brands have largely stabilized since the disaster that...
