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.
Front-of-the-house workers are quick to feel the impact of the nation’s souring economy as their hours are cut and their tips fall. But now is the time not to ask what your employer can do for you, but what you can do for your...
After testing Teriyaki Bowls in Western stores since late October, Jack in the Box officials last month revealed plans to roll out the lower-cost, high-margin menu item nationally by February next year. Like other...
As the old saw goes, it's the little things that most often defeat us, not the big ones. Chef Todd Richards knows this lesson all too well. When working as the executive chef of the Oakroom restaurant in the Seelbach Hilton...
The best way to predict the future, someone once observed, is to invent it.Put another way, if you’re a restaurateur looking to design the next hot concept, all you really need to know is what consumers will want before they know it themselves and...
SALT LAKE CITY —While Michael Ward, chief executive of Mrs. Fields Famous Brands LLC, spent much of his time earlier this year in bankruptcy court and with other lawyers as the snack company...
Last year when chef Todd Richards was planning a new restaurant, One Flew South, he and his partners wanted to include a sushi bar. The bar would be a dining room showpiece, and its food would help accent the restaurant's "southernational" blend...
MADISON Ga. Rita Restaurant Corp., the owner of the 22-year-old Don Pablo's Tex-Mex concept, has launched the casual-dining chain's first franchise program. Kurt Schnaubelt, Rita Restaurant's chief financial officer and executive vice...
MIAMI Burger King Corp. introduced this week its newest Whopper advertising campaign, featuring television and online ads that show “Whopper virgins” in remote regions around the world who taste the sandwich for the first time against McDonald’s...
HEATHROW Fla. Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc. said Tuesday it has named Sam Tancredi senior vice president and chief operating officer of Mitchell’s Fish Market, the company’s upscale seafood brand, effective immediately. Tancredi most...
