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.
McD’s flat Dec. sales, dip in traffic raise recession fearsOAK BROOK ILL McDonald’s Corp.’s disclosure last week of flat December same-store sales ended its string of positive monthly sales reports and caused Wall Street analysts to warn that the...
Soup tends to be a hot-selling item this time of year, but operators of soup-focused restaurants are expanding other parts of their menus to avoid being left out in the cold as the category loses some of its steam. Even concepts that...
NEW YORK —New York City’s decision to re-enact a controversial menu-labeling law could trigger another legal challenge from industry officials, though their last lawsuit against the calorie...
NEW YORK —Nation’s Restaurant News’ national director of sales, Tom Larranaga, has been promoted to publisher to succeed Alan Gould, who resigned after 10 years as NRN’s leader to work with...
Prices aren’t the only numbers dropping in quick service. While more and more items get placed onto value menus and 99-cent burgers figure in more ad campaigns, many of the segment’s largest players also are slashing their number of corporate...
LOS ANGELES The Jack in the Box and In-N-Out Burger chains and school districts in 11 states reportedly have banned meat from a California processor following the Humane Society's release of a video showing plant workers kicking, shocking and...
Service is our invisible product. It makes a good meal taste better and customers come back. But unlike the other products we offer, it can’t be discounted or featured only as a limited-time offer. On the other hand, it can be super-sized...
WASHINGTON The exponential growth in imports is exposing the nation’s food supply to dire safety risks, but government watchdogs lack the resources to react accordingly, lamented a gathering here of self-professed “stakeholders.” The...
NEW YORK The New York State Restaurant Association has refiled a lawsuit in federal district court to challenge the city’s revised requirements that some chain restaurants prominently post calorie content for each menu item. Afederal judge...
