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.
TAMPA Fla. Beef ‘O’ Brady’s has named Chris Elliott chief executive of the chain of family sports pubs.Elliott replaces Chuck Winship, who is retiring after more than a decade with Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, during which time he helped grow the brand from...
The annual Technomic Top 500 report found that 2009 was a brutal year for the industry’s largest concepts, with aggregate systemwide sales for the largest chains falling 0.8 percent. Upstarts, however, including Five Guys, Noodles &...
CHICAGO Restaurant operators are ramping up marketing and R&D efforts to grab more snack sales, but they continue to face a considerable challenge in that daypart from retail locations, according to research firm Technomic. Astudy by Technomic...
AUSTIN Texas Schlotzsky’s has expanded a new prototype and ramped up its co-branding with sister chain Cinnabon to 50 stores.The 350-unit sandwich chain's new prototype was introduced in October at a Waco, Texas, store and has since been rolled...
The landmark health care legislation that President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday will change the way all businesses, including restaurants, operate...
NEW YORK —The restaurant industry’s merger-and-acquisition market is heating back up after a near blackout on buyouts caused by the credit crisis and the slumping economy. Combine two recent multi-million-dollar deals for Church...
DALLAS Employing a variety of social media, the 105-unit Which Wich sandwich chain earlier this month pounced on a potentially negative situation — a customer actually getting injured eating a sandwich — and turned it into a light-hearted customer...
IRVINE Calif. Coinciding with the Lenten season and in keeping with an expanding line of more healthful fare, Taco Bell is offering a Pacific Shrimp Taco for a limited time.The new taco features six non-fried shrimp marinated in a variety of...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro has debuted a newly expanded gluten-free menu, which features beef entrees for the first time. P.F. Chang’s has added five beef entrees and a new Dali chicken, bolstering its offerings for patrons with...
Many of the technologies that will be most meaningful to foodservice operators in the months ahead are transformational in nature and will reshape the way they deal with guests and employees, speakers told attendees at the recent 15th...
