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.
Phil Friedman, chief executive of McAlister’s Deli, loved the results of last summer’s Free Tea Day, when the 300-unit fast-casual chain gave away more than 150,000 servings of its famous sweet tea. Yet while the 15-percent year...
Consumers typically watch about five hours of television per day, according to a 2009 Nielsen report. And soon they won’t have to stop while they munch a burger and fries beyond the range of their remotes. McDonald’s, Carl’s Jr....
ATLANTA Church’s Chicken said Monday that Mel Deane has replaced Harsha V. Agadi as chief executive. Deane has worked for the past 10 years with Friedman, Fleischer & Lowe, the private-equity firm that acquired the 1,700-unit...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc., operator and franchisor of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s and A&W, said same-store sales for its final quarter this year will be negative across the board, especially with continued weakness in the...
Retailers and marketers have been complaining that holiday gift cards, often bought at the last minute for hard-to-please friends or relatives, are the “new fruitcake.” But several restaurant brands are sprucing up the stocking stuffers by...
Managers at The Cheesecake Factory are trained to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, and a manual outlines the company’s policies about how such complaints should be handled. Yet earlier this month, the Calabasas Hills...
ATLANTA Cinnabon thrives on it. —Consumers may hate the crowds and traffic during the holiday shopping season, but The cinnamon roll specialist, a 750-unit brand in Atlanta-based...
Restaurants hoping for a robust holiday shopping season will have to make peace with the fact that many consumers are still cutting their spending, even on the most popular stocking stuffers: gift cards. But even though several studies show...
As families nationwide gear up for Thanksgiving and the following long weekend, restaurateurs also gear up for such holiday offerings as large catering orders and special menus or deals. Preparing for a slight uptick in guest traffic from the...
Even foodservice is getting caught in the “Twilight” zone. With the opening Friday of the movie “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” based on the wildly successful “Twilight” teen vampire love story series, a number of restaurant companies are tapping...
