Menu Tracker: Tasting new items from restaurants including Wendy’s, Wingstop, and Popeyes

Dec 14, 2023

Senior food and beverage editor Bret Thorn walks viewers through what he thinks of some new items on menus across the country

Chris Fallon named chief information officer at Wingstop

Dec 14, 2023

Fallon joins the restaurant brand as it tests a new proprietary tech platform called MyWingstop.

Dec 14, 2023

This week on Nation's Restaurant News the top story was How McDonald’s is getting smarter on pricing. McDonald’s Investor Day event last week featured several headlines – CosMc’s, ambitious development plans, a technology partnership...

Golden Corral’s fast-casual restaurant Homeward Kitchen makes its debut

Dec 13, 2023

First location opens in Southern Pines, N.C., under leadership of new VP of operations Jason Kornosky

Independent audit of Starbucks finds no union-busting but ‘missteps could have been avoided’

Dec 13, 2023

An alleged independent third-party assessment found that the restaurant company could have handled unionization better, but ‘found no evidence of an anti-union playbook’

Personalization, globalization, engagement: A look at what's next for McDonald’s marketing

Dec 13, 2023

Last week, McDonald’s executives shared how the restaurant company plans to create more engaging customer experiences and globally unified campaigns.

Boston Market owner Jay Pandya files for bankruptcy

Dec 13, 2023

The legally troubled owner of the flailing rotisserie chicken restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy in Pennsylvania after facing hundreds of lawsuits from debtors