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.
With the hurricane season officially continuing until Nov. 30, Gulf and East Coast restaurant operators face more than two months of potential stormy weather ahead.Hurricane Gustav, which smashed into the Louisiana coast Sept. 1 and forced...
At a time of unprecedented challenges for casual-dining contenders, Tetsuya Emura believes he has found a niche with the potential to avert common pitfalls of the sit-down-dining sector.Emura is the founder of Tokyo Table, a moderately priced...
BLOOMINGTON MINN. —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks. In addition, the institute also welcomed an operator to its board of directors and two members...
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. said it has promoted Darryl R. Marsch to general counsel, senior vice president and assistant secretary. Marsch joined Krispy Kreme in May 2007 as vice president and associate general counsel...
ANN ARBOR Mich. When Domino's Pizza started delivering Oven Baked Subs from most of its 5,000-plus domestic stores in August, the pizza delivery giant instantly became a sandwich delivery behemoth. The move could bite into the bottom lines of...
Afunny thing happened on the way to this column. To do my usual research, I turned to the usual suspects: chain menus, recent NRN stories, USDA statistics and Google. What I discovered from that last resource was truly eye-opening. There is a...
LAKE FOREST Calif. Del Taco has launched a multimedia campaign called “Go Bold or Go Home” and plans to hold a series of pep rallies to introduce the campaign to consumers and encourage chain employees to take the “Go Bold...
MINNEAPOLIS Caribou Coffee Co. Inc. said it has hired Timothy J. Hennessy, the former chief financial officer of travel-agency giant Carlson Wagonlit Travel, as its new CFO. He fills the post vacated by George Mileusnic at the beginning of...
ORLANDO FLA. Darden Restaurants Inc. sharply lowered its full-year financial forecast and warned that results of the newly ended quarter would fall below Wall Street expectations. Many analysts said the warning does not bodes well for other...
DENVER —With a $15 million war chest of invested capital and plenty of raw, half-pound balls of Certified Angus beef, a local private-equity firm founded by Quiznos’ former chairman and chief...
