Emerging restaurant brands are no doubt fun to follow. They’re often bringing new menu and branding ideas to the table, tapping into consumer trends in creative ways that showcase a glimpse into ...

The coronavirus pandemic has driven many changes in consumer behavior, and among the most impactful is the rapid rise in using technology to order from a restaurant. Perhaps no consumer group has ...

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News presents the Top 500 biggest restaurants in America, ranked by systemwide sales in the previous fiscal year. This year, we’re using data from our partners ...

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present The Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America. Having all this data in one place makes it easier to ...

Friedman Properties, a Chicago-based real estate investment and development firm, today announced Mendocino Farms, the chef-driven fast-casual restaurant known for its gourmet sandwiches and ...

Mobile order-ahead is becoming one of the most popular channels for limited-service restaurants: 7 in 10 customers under the age of 55 say that they use mobile order-ahead features, according to a ...

This year’s Technomic Top 500 results were a mixed bag for the restaurant industry. On one hand, many large restaurant brands stagnated in 2023, with sales increases merely a reflection of menu ...

Restaurants created a record number of limited-time offers in 2024. That’s according to Technomic. Restaurants and convenience stores issued nearly 37,000 limited-time offers last year.

At first glance, the Technomic Top 500 appears to show healthy growth for the biggest restaurant brands in the U.S. Sales grew by 7.8% to a robust $424 billion, while unit counts grew by 1.8% to ...

Comparing the performance of the restaurant industry’s Top 500 brands in 2021 with the previous year was quite a bit like comparing 2020 with 2019 — only in reverse. The same shock one felt ...

A new National Restaurant Association report looks at how technology, especially artificial intelligence and automation, is helping operators in recruitment and retention, the industry group said ...

There was a buoyant sense of optimism at mid-November’s Restaurant Finance and Development Conference (RFDC) in Las Vegas, fueled by a decisive election favoring a candidate many believe to be ...