2021 Top 500 countdown: Restaurants ranked No. 100 – No. 51

Jun 21, 2021

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News ranks the largest restaurant chains by domestic systemwide sales, giving a detailed look at the biggest players in the industry. This year, we partnered with Datassential and its Firefly data platform to...

Wingstop unlocks virtual Thighstop brand

Jun 21, 2021

New DoorDash virtual menu offers alternative to chicken wings

Luby's agrees to sell Fuddruckers to Black Titan Franchise Systems

Jun 18, 2021

In liquidation process, company earlier sold units to Nicholas Perkins affiliate

Jun 17, 2021

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Menu Tracker: New items from Denny’s, Dunkin’ and Jack in the Box

Jun 17, 2021

Plus innovation at Baskin-Robbins, Chick-fil-A, Chicken Salad Chick, Farmer Boys, Freshii, Johnny Rockets, Logan’s Roadhouse, Nando’s Peri Peri, Ocean Prime, Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, PDQ, Piada Italian Street Food, Pizza Guys, Pollo Tropical...

Rave Restaurant Group promotes Clint Fendley to CFO

Jun 17, 2021

Fendley was promoted from vice president of finance of the Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent company

Former Garbanzo CEO James Park joins Mercato Partners’ Savory Funds as an operating partner

Jun 15, 2021

The executive will help identify and grow restaurant concepts using the $100 million Savory Fund II

Chipotle becomes the exclusive limited-service restaurant partner for livestream gaming platform Twitch

Jun 14, 2021

The fast-casual restaurant will host events on the app, and created its own game

Menu Tracker: New items from Culver’s, Del Taco and Wendy’s

Jun 11, 2021

Plus innovation from Eggs Up Grill, Elevation Burger, Fatburger, First Watch, Friendly’s, Frisch’s Big Boy, Gott’s Roadside, Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, HoneyBaked Ham, Insomnia Cookies, Jamba, Krispy Kreme, Mooyah, Oath Pizza, Pinkberry, Nekter Juice...

Restaurant operators look at tools and tactics on labor

Jun 10, 2021

With labor squeeze, ShiftPixy idea Exchange plumbs new ideas for staffing