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.
Seth McDonald had worked only a few lawn mowing jobs when he went to work for a Dairy Queen franchisee in Two Harbors, Minn. Fifteen years later, the 31-year-old is now vice president of operations for that 11-unit franchisee. Cheryl...
LOS ANGELES —When diners gathered at the restaurant Cube here earlier this month for a special dinner highlighting artisanal ingredients, they got more than just a taste of some delicious salumi, cheeses and produce. The evening...
When Christopher Lee took over as executive chef of Gilt, a fine-dining restaurant at the Palace Hotel in New York City that was hemorrhaging money, his first task was to revamp the menu. Then he looked at the bar.“We were...
The unprecedented wheeling and dealing among private-equity players in the restaurant industry has had me wondering for some time now, how can I get in on the action?Well, quite simply, I can’t.I can’t own any restaurant stocks; it would be a...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Ice cream chain franchisor Cold Stone Creamery and multibrand fast-food franchisor Kahala Corp. are merging into a holding company in part to compete with private-equity firms for additional restaurant brand acquisitions, the...
LOS ANGELES California Pizza Kitchen Inc. reported a 21.9-percent, year-over-year drop in first-quarter profit, on increased labor and other costs that offset a revenue gain of 15.2 percent, to $149.4 million. The parent company to the 212...
NEW YORK The Zagat Survey revealed Friday that Wendy's and Panera Bread are consumers' top choices for quick-service restaurants. The information was a result of Zagat's first Fast Food Survey in which 24 chains were surveyed, with 5,535 voters...
DUBLIN Ohio Wendy's International Inc. is facing pressure from its largest institutional shareholder to sell its business to the highest bidder and perhaps to search for a new chief executive, according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal...
DALLAS Brinker International Inc. reported Wednesday negative same-store sales results at four of its chains for the fiscal month of April, marking the 13th consecutive period of reduced year-over-year sales results at its largest chain, the 1,318...
