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.
As cash-strapped diners clamor for meal deals, they still crave quality, so restaurant chains intent on proving their products’ superiority are promoting the results of taste tests in new marketing campaigns.Dunkin’ Donuts is touting the taste of...
ORLANDO Fla. —Red Lobster, in a bid to heat up sales gone cold and spark customer interest, has installed wood-fire grills in all of its 680 units, part of an ongoing plan to boost the chain’s number...
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...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. is reportedly planning to eliminate several hundred corporate jobs and restructure its flagging U.S. business as a result of an ambitious refranchising program. Positions will be eliminated here at the...
Like plain Janes that blossom into raving beauties, strip center end-cap sites are looking increasingly good to chains like Popeyes and Wienerschnitzel that are blazing new paths to drive-thru operations in suburban strip malls. ...
Smoothie King, the Covington, La.-based chain of more than 550 outlets, is among the foodservice brands now leveraging the one-to-one, take-us-with-you link to consumers provided by text-message promotions.Caribou Coffee, the Brooklyn Center, Minn...
ATLANTA Arby’s veteran Russ Umphenour has succeeded Steve Romaniello as president and chief executive of Focus Brands Inc., franchisor of the Moe’s Southwest Grill, Schlotzsky’s, Carvel and Cinnabon chains, the company said Monday. ...
CHARLOTTE N.C. —Southern food is jumping geographical boundaries as it grows in popularity, and a panel discussion here during the 2008 Culinary R&D conference focused on the region’s cuisine and its influence on food trends nationwide...
BATON ROUGE La. The 70-unit Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers said it has appointed Jennifer Simler to the new post of marketing director. Simler most recently was a senior account director for the Propaganda Inc. advertising agency in St...
In the three-plus years since casual-dining guest traffic started to decline, operators have tightened their belts and cut costs to shore up their bottom lines. But with no economic relief in sight, and attempted quick fixes for eroding bottom...
