NRN surveyed over 400 restaurant operators for our latest market leader report. Discover how these industry leaders are leveraging data to shape their strategies and drive success.
CAMDEN ARK. McDonald’s drive-thru here was arrested for drunken driving recently, which begs the question:Was he asleep at the wheel or just sleeping it off? —A man who took a little extra time picking up his order from a...
ITHACA N.Y. —A recent study from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research finds that creating an environment of supportive co-workers is a key ingredient for maintaining guest-oriented servers. The study, which surveyed 324...
Perhaps because they toil so far from the limelight, or because of their relatively small numbers, or because they are dismissively labeled as “middle management” by unenlightened investors, foodservice multiunit managers have routinely and...
For years, diners at hospital cafeterias found their options limited to ordinary sandwiches and ubiquitous squares of gelatin. Today, however, those diners are indulging in such items as grilled salmon with red pepper coulis, wild mushroom...
DENVER Laredo, Texas-based Pollos Del Centro has secured franchise rights to build 20 Church's Chicken restaurants in the Denver metropolitan area by the year 2013. The first two are expected to open by the end of this year. Pollos' market...
TALLAHASSEE Fla. A Ted's Montana Grill here recently became the first of the chain's 49 units to use photovoltaics – or solar power – to conserve energy. It is also believed to be the first restaurant in the city to be retrofitted with the...
MILFORD Conn. The Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, a group that has feuded with Subway's home office over the sandwich chain's co-op ad fund, has named Jeff Moody to the post of executive director and chief executive. Jeff Offutt...
COLUMBUS Ohio Bob Barney, a former chairman and chief executive officer of Wendy’s International Inc., died May 31 at age 70. Barney joined the quick-service company after founder Dave Thomas had opened just two Wendy’s stores. He was...
