Restaurants and bars lost a nominal number of jobs in January

Feb 02, 2024

The hospitality sector added 11,000 jobs during January, however restaurants and bars specifically lost 2,400 jobs.

Taco John’s franchisee started her career as a secretary in the company she now owns

Feb 01, 2024

Tamra Kennedy owns six Taco John’s stores in the Twin Cities area and was the 2023 recipient of the International Franchise Association’s Bonny Levine award

Popeyes announces plans for franchise development in Italy

Feb 01, 2024

Parent Restaurant Brands International signs deal with Iberian master franchisee to open first location later this year

Subway says 2023 same-store sales up 5.9% in North America

Feb 01, 2024

Brand says innovation to continue after launch of footlong snacks and impending sale to Roark

Inspire Brands promotes Jason Maceda to chief development officer as part of corporate restructuring to allow focus on franchisees

Feb 01, 2024

Outgoing CDO Dan Crocker to resign

IHOP leverages its new tech stack to launch a community platform

Feb 01, 2024

Stacking Up Joy will help the company raise money for local Feeding America chapters and is enabled by the systemwide rollout of a new POS system.

What's the big news from Starbucks' Q1 earnings call? Hint: it has to do with delivery

Feb 01, 2024

Although the first quarter is usually one of the highest-performing times of the year for Starbucks — including both pumpkin spice and red cup season — Starbucks saw a traffic downturn for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2023, with North America...

Starbucks announces a partnership with Gopuff for late-night and overnight deliveries

Jan 31, 2024

The restaurant company also announced a partnership with Bank of America, Valentine’s Day menu items, and more