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.
ARLINGTON Va. —The rate of growth of new franchised restaurant concepts has slowed dramatically in the past year, the result of an anemic economy, the lending crisis and growing franchise...
THE COLONY Texas Pizza Inn Inc. said it has named Scott Richter senior director of marketing and Samuel “Bud” Boswell executive chef and director of research and development. Richter most recently was a media director with Razor Driven LLC...
BOSTON Regulators in Massachusetts have given restaurants and other businesses an extra four months to comply with new standards for storing and protecting credit card and other personal information about customers and employees. The...
As the economy continues to take a toll on discretionary expenses such as restaurant meals, high-end steakhouse chains hit by reduced business spending are confronting a bigger set of challenges. With 80-unit Morton’s and 120-unit Ruth...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Papa John’s International Inc. said earlier this month it would reduce the price it charges operators for cheese and explore ways to provide financial assistance during the credit freeze. ...
How hospitality employees perceive a manager’s integrity can affect the bottom line, says Tony Simons, an associate professor at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, N.Y. Simons and his colleagues studied 1,944 employees...
GOLDEN Colo. Good Times Burgers & Custard chain based here has stopped accepting applications at its stores. —Looking to deflate a high turnover rate among hourly employees, the 53-unit...
NEW YORK The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has referred advertising by Captain D’s Seafood Kitchen to the Federal Trade Commission after the chain declined to participate in a NAD review based on an ad...
