Restaurant Business Magazine - Trends, Ideas and News
Restaurant Rewind. "Restaurant Rewind" is a weekly podcast hosted by Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo as he looks at the people, concepts and trends that helped create the restaurant industry as we know it today. Listen.
Taco Bell welcomes 2024 with new Cravings Value Menu
Jan 8, 2024 · These are rounded out with six of Taco Bell’s most popular items: the Double Stacked Taco ($1.99), Stacker with beef and cheese ($2.19), Cheesy Double Beef Burrito ($2.79), 3-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt ($2.29), Chicken Enchilada Burrito ($2.49) and Loaded Beef Nachos ($2.99). “Value has always been at the cornerstone of what we offer at ...
National Restaurant Association offers free training and …
Apr 8, 2020 · By National Restaurant Association on Apr. 08, 2020. The National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe food safety training and certification program is offering its online Food Handler training program free through April 30. The training has helped educate more than 3 million line-level and front-of-house employees on food safety.
Cracker Barrel plans to invest $700M in a massive 'transformation'
By Peter Romeo on May 17, 2024. Cracker Barrel expects to spend as much as $700 million over the next three years to rejuvenate the 54-year-old concept’s operations, menu and perception among hardcore fans and uninitiated consumers alike. The comprehensive update is intended to reverse a drop in guest counts that’s currently running about ...
The largest burger chains in the U.S. - Restaurant Business
May 13, 2020 · Financing The largest burger chains in the U.S. These are the highest-grossing burger chains among Technomic's Top 250. By Restaurant Business Staff on May 13, 2020
Top 500 Chains - Restaurant Business
The Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report is a measure of the largest restaurant concepts by U.S. systemwide sales, based on results from the 2019 calendar year. Relevant information is accrued using a combination of public company financial filings, direct operator surveying, franchise disclosure documents and proprietary valuation algorithms.
Dan Cathy steps down as Chick-fil-A CEO - Restaurant Business
Sep 16, 2021 · Dan Cathy, who guided Chick-fil-A through an incredible run of growth despite a changing industry landscape and controversial comments over gay marriage, will step down as the chain’s CEO, effective Nov. 1. His son Andrew Truett Cathy will take over the top job, becoming only the third CEO in the Atlanta-based chain’s history, following his ...
These are the big menu trends to watch in 2024 - Restaurant …
Jan 3, 2024 · Pucker up with sour. 2023 was all about sweet heat, powered by the popularity of hot honey. Make way for tamarind—the 2024 Flavor of the Year, designated by McCormick for Chefs in its annual Flavor Forecast. Tamarind is derived from a fruit pod native to Africa, India and the Middle East where it grows on trees.
The last remaining Sambo’s finally erases its name - Restaurant …
By Heather Lalley on Jun. 08, 2020. Sambo’s, the family restaurant chain that once had more than 1,100 units in 47 states, is down to one remaining location. And, it will finally ditch its name, a name steeped in racist stereotypes, the owners announced late last week. The restaurant in Santa Barbara, Calif., the chain’s original store, has ...
The biggest pizza chains in the U.S.
Jun 1, 2022 · Here are the pizza chains that generated the most sales last year, according to the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. 2022 Rank. Chain Name. 2021 US Sales ($000,000) 2021 US Units. Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *Technomic estimate. Members help make our journalism possible.