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.
Jar restaurant in Los Angeles may look the part of a good ol’ boys club, with its masculine brown decor and serious hunks of meat on the menu. However, the driving force behind this consistently popular chophouse is a woman: Suzanne Tracht...
BURLINGTON VT. —Blodgett Oven Company, based here, has named Gary Mick president. In his new position, Mick will be responsible for all aspects of running the company, including sales, marketing, engineering and operations. ...
In late November the body of Mary Hutchinson, the general manager of a Burger King located in the quiet suburban village of Lindenhurst, Ill., was found lying next to the restaurant’s empty safe. She had been strangled. Authorities say...
NASHVILLE Tenn. Captain D's Seafood is giving its operations an extreme makeover. The effort is being led by Alan Caldwell, a restaurant industry veteran who joined the quick-service seafood chain in 2005 as senior vice president of...
When Mike Currie befriended Jerry Zubay more than 30 years ago, the two men weren’t thinking large. But they were working hard enough for a restaurant chain in Rochester, Minn., that they thought they might as well open up their own place there...
An increase in the minimum wage is imminent. What’s more, it may be tied to an index, like the Consumer Price Index. It’s not hard to imagine this going a little further, perhaps to the point where foodservice wages are comparable to those for all...
Larger numbers of burger, chicken and other quick-service operations in the fast-food mainstream are adding south of the border spice to their menus. Chipotle and poblano peppers, spicy beans, cilantro and all kinds of salsa are...
When Sam Beall’s parents, Kreis and Sandy Beall, founder of the Ruby Tuesday casual-dining chain, bought Blackberry Farm in 1976, they were simply looking for a family home. But the nine-room house in Walland, Tenn., proved to be a...